{"id":1838720,"date":"2023-02-07T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838720"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:43:21","slug":"the-u-s-is-one-of-a-handful-of-countries-still-making-legal-visitors-get-a-covid-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-u-s-is-one-of-a-handful-of-countries-still-making-legal-visitors-get-a-covid-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Is One Of A Handful Of Countries Still Making Legal Visitors Get A Covid Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-u-s-is-one-of-a-handful-of-countries-still-making-legal-visitors-get-a-covid-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838720&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The Biden administration\u00a0announced\u00a0last week that it will end the Covid-19 emergency declarations in May, but Republicans have a chance at terminating one outdated, unscientific lockdown-era restriction sooner with a House vote on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1622779067752652801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11600173\/US-extends-Covid-vaccination-entry-requirement-travelers-APRIL.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Only<\/a>\u00a0Major Western countries still require international visitors to accept Covid-19 vaccines. Even countries with the most restrictive Covid lockdowns have relaxed their travel restrictions.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/zQJyv#selection-2355.0-2445.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These are the few remaining countries and far-flung islands territories\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/zQJyv#selection-2355.0-2445.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still requiring<\/a>\u00a0International travellers must be vaccinated with Covid-19\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/view.officeapps.live.com\/op\/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokelau.org.nz%2Fsite%2Ftokelau%2FBORDER%2520%26%2520RESTRICTIONS%252030112022.docx&#038;wdOrigin=BROWSELINK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tokelau<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.gov.nu\/index.php\/preparing-to-travel-to-niue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Niue<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitcairn.pn\/policies\/GPI%20C-19%20Travel%20&#038;%20Quarantine%20Policy%20Approved%2019th%20Oct%202023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pitcairn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripsguard.com\/destination\/tonga?origin=united-states&#038;vaccinated=unvaccinated&#038;passport=united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tonga<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lr.usembassy.gov\/covid-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liberia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gh.usembassy.gov\/new-vaccine-requirement-for-travel-to-ghana-121021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ghana<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripsguard.com\/destination\/equatorial-guinea?origin=united-states&#038;passport=united-states&#038;vaccinated=unvaccinated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equatorial Guinea<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiji.travel\/covid-19\/travelling-to-fiji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fiji<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coronavirus.gov.hk\/eng\/inbound-travel.html#Vaccination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hong Kong<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverpuertorico.com\/info\/travel-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Puerto Rico<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pw.usembassy.gov\/covid-19-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivisa.com\/nauru-health-declaration-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nauru<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/international-travel\/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages\/Turkmenistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turkmenistan<\/a>?, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visittci.com\/travel-info\/turks-and-caicos-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turks and Caicos<\/a>\u00a0(you can be forgiven if you\u2019ve never heard of some of these places), and possibly a few others.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Representatives will be examining a Wednesday issue.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/bills\/hr185\/BILLS-118hr185ih.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill<\/a>\u00a0Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky sponsored the legislation to repeal the requirement that visitors be vaccinated.\u00a0Last week, the House voted to immediately end the requirement for visitor vaccinations.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3839808-house-gop-passes-bill-to-end-covid-19-national-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">End<\/a>\u00a0The Covid-19 national emergency was first declared in March 2020. This would have had a significant impact on many other mandates from the Covid-era. However, the Senate is unlikely to approve the measure. However, the narrower legislation to allow travelers who haven\u2019t taken genetic vaccines has a better chance of passing, as Democrats should not want to be seen as xenophobic and behind the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford University, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drjbhattacharya\/status\/1621254343025655810?s=43&#038;t=BDtz8syaUwaQQgrT5-euzw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tweet<\/a> To support the legislation: \u201cThere is no good reason, scientific or epidemiologic, to discriminate against the covid unvaccinated. The US is an international outlier in retaining this irrational policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/all-covid-19-travel-restrictions-removed-in-the-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a>\u00a0Since March, unvaccinated travellers have been allowed to enter the country.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austria.info\/en\/service-and-facts\/coronavirus-information\/entry-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Austria<\/a>Covid vax was not required for travel in a country like, which has some of the most restrictive Covid policies Europe has.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/storythreads\/2022-03-18\/where-can-you-travel-with-no-covid-restrictions-list-of-top-2022-destinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Most<\/a>\u00a0These requirements had been dropped by Europe by the end of last summer.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand, known for its brutal lockdown is a renowned country.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/storythreads\/2022-03-18\/where-can-you-travel-with-no-covid-restrictions-list-of-top-2022-destinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lifted<\/a>\u00a0All Covid-19 requirements for international tourists in September\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-09-26\/canada-is-lifting-all-covid-19-border-and-travel-restrictions?srnd=storythread-R8X9TXT0AFBB01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada<\/a>\u00a0These were dropped in October.<\/p>\n<p>Jacinda Adern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, explained that New Zealand had stopped mandating government vaccines. This was because there were very few Covid cases and fewer hospitalizations. There was also widespread vaccination and access for anti-viral drugs.\u00a0\u201ctime to safely turn the page on our COVID-19 management.\u201d She also mentioned that the country&#8217;s opening would benefit it. \u201cdrive greater economic activity critical to our economic recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Current Policy<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to see why the U.S. policy still stands. We know the vaccine is safe.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/omicron-makes-bidens-vaccine-mandates-obsolete-covid-healthcare-osha-evidence-supreme-court-11641760009?st=oarrejygomh1ou6&#038;reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">doesn\u2019t appear to reduce transmission<\/a>, and certainly doesn\u2019t do so 100 percent of the time, as the public was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/joshuacohen\/2023\/01\/23\/in-the-us-conspiracy-theories-and-alternate-facts-undermine-public-health-and-cause-death\/?sh=533db9fe70f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Initial message<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Three quarters of American adults have accepted genetic vaccines. This means that anyone who needs it can get it. Natural immunity is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/katv.com\/news\/nation-world\/new-study-indicates-natural-immunity-offers-greater-protection-from-covid-19-than-vaccines-new-england-journal-medicine-coronavirus-hybrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Better<\/a>\u00a0Vaccination is more effective than vaccination. It\u2019s also almost three years since Covid broke out \u2014 the virus spread all around the world and created herd immunity long ago. <\/p>\n<p>It is also widely spread within the U.S. borders, among 334 million people. In fact, President Biden declared back in September that the pandemic had ended. \u201cis over.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, is not.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/proof-of-vaccination.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Continue to<\/a>\u00a0its policy: \u201cIf you are a non-U.S. citizen who is a nonimmigrant (not a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, or traveling to the United States on an immigrant visa), you will need to show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is the\u00a0only\u00a0Western nation still mandating international visitors be vaccinated against Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":1838723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[11545,4127,17935,4431,4049,7238,15097],"class_list":["post-1838720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-countries","tag-covid","tag-handful","tag-legal","tag-shot","tag-u-s","tag-visitors"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1838720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1838723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1838720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1838720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1838720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}