Border News

[moisheh]

No news from the USA but effective Aug.9 fully vaxed US citizens can enter Canada. So vehicle travel to Mexico has not changed. Good news for Americans wanting to drive to Alaska.

[Talleyho69]

This thread is being closed because it is rehashing the same information over and over.

When new information is available, please do start a new thread. Moderator

[Almot]

silversand wrote:

Interestingly, the word out of the US is: that the only vaccinated visitors permitted into the US must have been vaccinated with are "approved vaccines"...and AZ is not one of "those" 😄

At the moment, the only requirement for visitors to the US is a negative antigen test or a proof that you recovered from Covid in the last 90 days. Will they require a proof of vaccination when/if they open the land border - possibly, but there isn't even approximate date of reopening. In several months from now a lot of things may change.

Interestingly, CBC news are repeating pretty much what I wrote here earlier: lower case counts and higher vaccination rate in Canada, and vague explanations of Homeland Security on keeping the border closed: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-us-border-closure-1.6121549

[qtla9111]

Sinovac is not approved by the U.S. and 13 million doses were administered in Mexico. Now they say it is not effective after six months and the secretary of health announced that there will be no boosters.

Does this mean that Mexicans vaccinated with Sinovac will not be able to visit the U.S.?

Children will not be vaccinated.

[playaboy]

NamMedevac 70 wrote:
Is it true AstraZeneca vaccine is approved in Canada and India but not the US due to

Recent news said two provinces stop offering the vaccine

Ah, The manipulation of numbers using SA

TTB SAT EYHO

Retired Fin Acct & SEC CFP

Which jab will work for you?

There are over 20 covid vaccines available worldwide. TWENTY brand new vaccines approved one place or another on the planet. When you want to travel you will have to get a jab that country demands.

Why not take them all to be sure? Mix and match?

Or my carne asada is better than your carne asada???????

[Talleyho69]

There are no requirements of any kind for entering Mexico.

If you are flying to the US from any international destination, you must show proof of a negative test within three days of your arrival in the US.

That being said, we have had several friends fly from here to both Los Angeles and Texas and the airline never asked them for their proof of testing.

[NamMedevac_70]

Talleyho69 wrote:
It is being used here in Mexico, one of several.

Are folks entering US from Mexico required to have received approved vaccine like those from Canada??? Just curious as I may

[silversand]

NamMedevac 70 wrote:
Is it true AstraZeneca vaccine is approved in Canada...

You got it. Its approved in Canada. However, that being said, the AstraZeneca (AZ) deployment was a real mess. If you had your primer dose of AZ in Canada, your booster became a choice (ie. you could get your booster as AZ, or Moderna, or Pfizer).

Many Canadians that felt they were coerced by the Canadian Feds into "getting the first vaccine that was offered", became extremely angry when the same Canadian Feds came back and said, "....if you had AZ as your primer, you could choose any other vaccine available...." (this could have been because: a) the supply of AZ at that time was extremely unreliable; or, B) "other" (ie. backlash because of potential for death from a known side-effect)

Interestingly, the word out of the US is: that the only vaccinated visitors permitted into the US must have been vaccinated with are "approved vaccines"...and AZ is not one of "those" 😄

[Talleyho69]

It is being used here in Mexico, one of several.

[NamMedevac_70]

Is it true AstraZeneca vaccine is approved in Canada and India but not the US due to

Recent news said two provinces stop offering the vaccine

Ah, The manipulation of numbers using SA

TTB SAT EYHO

Retired Fin Acct & SEC CFP

[playaboy]

I think there is a 95% chance the border restrictions will remain the same as today for the next winter season. Even with the jabs, the restrictions probably will get even tighter.

[bighatnohorse]

silversand wrote:

NamMedevac 70 wrote:
Good grief. USA has a population of around 300 million while Canada is less than 40 million with almost same land area so of course US will have a much higher number of Covid cases, deaths and unvaccinated. This is an apples to oranges situation

...a very common perception outside the field of demography (size and structure of populations) "we spatial analysts" run across all the time. Especially when related to Canada (density/spatially).

The 4th largest city in North America is Toronto, with a tremendous population density. This, right behind LA, New York, and Mexico City. Almost the entirety of the Canadian population live in a handful of cities (Greater Toronto Area; Greater Montreal Area; Greater Vancouver Area; etc; etc). The exact same viral contagion dynamics play out in Canada's 10 largest cities (those 10 encompassing almost the entirety of the 38 million Canadian population) as play out in Baltimore, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City. Just move the present northern US border between the USA and Canada a mere 60 miles north of its present location, and the US would have captured almost 98% of Canada's population 😄

Also, 38 million into 340 million goes: 8.9 times. Compare this ratio to the present infection rate of 166 x (times) US to Canada (I think today it is now 168 x the Canadian rate).

Thank you for the spotlight on facts and truth.

[NamMedevac_70]

charlestonsouthern wrote:
NamMedevac, loved your old photo!

Thanks charleston

[charlestonsouth]

NamMedevac, loved your old photo!

[silversand]

NamMedevac 70 wrote:
Good grief. USA has a population of around 300 million while Canada is less than 40 million with almost same land area so of course US will have a much higher number of Covid cases, deaths and unvaccinated. This is an apples to oranges situation

...a very common perception outside the field of demography (size and structure of populations) "we spatial analysts" run across all the time. Especially when related to Canada (density/spatially).

The 4th largest city in North America is Toronto, with a tremendous population density. This, right behind LA, New York, and Mexico City. Almost the entirety of the Canadian population live in a handful of cities (Greater Toronto Area; Greater Montreal Area; Greater Vancouver Area; etc; etc). The exact same viral contagion dynamics play out in Canada's 10 largest cities (those 10 encompassing almost the entirety of the 38 million Canadian population) as play out in Baltimore, Washington, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City. Just move the present northern US border between the USA and Canada a mere 60 miles north of its present location, and the US would have captured almost 98% of Canada's population 😄

Also, 38 million into 340 million goes: 8.9 times. Compare this ratio to the present infection rate of 166 x (times) US to Canada (I think today it is now 168 x the Canadian rate).