Greg Abbott is concerned about illegal immigrants crossings the Texas border from South Africa. He's also worried about them crossing from Botswana, Uganda, and Tanzania. Who knew the Texas border was so fucking huge?
New variant now confirmed circulating in Belgium (with links to Turkey & Egypt), Hong Kong, Israel, Belarus, and of course the UK itself
…but hey, let’s now add Mozambique, Angola, Malawi & Zambia to the Red List - THAT should solve it!
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Belgium has an identified case of the omicron COVID-19 variant from a person who has no known recent connection to southern Africa (they are unvaccinated & travelled from Egypt via Turkey on 11 November), but *checks notes* its travellers from southern Africa that are banned…?🤨
Health Secretary Javid, now that the new Covid variant has been detected in Belgium, can we expect a flight ban on Belgium or Europe? Or are such ‘strategic’ responses reserved solely for countries on the African continent? https://t.co/V93nxGf0k8
Spoke to @BBCWorld earlier today about #VirusVariantsVaccine#VaccineApartheid Inequity & Injustice. Thanks to Philippa Thomas for inviting me on. This is NOT the answer, we need Global Solidarity and we need it NOW!
@TheChadAnthony1 We must find out where these foreign nationals came from and their countries must be named, shamed and red listed like Botswana and South Africa who is taking the heat for having knowledgable scientist.
@jsscalynn@zainrizvi You are spreading mistruths about Botswana Jessica! 90% of Batswana live within 5kms of a health facility and infrastructure is not a problem. I live here & I know what I’m talking about.