@elinched This is confusing me as well, particularly as our borders are now closed. It seems to be motivated by preserving our economic position but the horse has already bolted. With an economic meltdown unavoidable why not Plan A?
SHIFT, a research program at Columbia, proposes that it is possible to protect potential victims and potential perpetrators of sexual assault simultaneously, and that we are, at this moment, less eager to hurt one another than we seem to be: https://t.co/oujMjdaoN0
1837: Thomas Saverland brought an action against Caroline Newton, who had bitten his nose when he tried to kiss her at a party. The judge ruled against him, stating that "When a man kisses a woman against her will, she is fully entitled to bite his nose off, if she so pleases."