EU countries ban unvaxxed US from travel. (Biden's nods his head?)

[Budi]

Link to tweet

https://www.politicsvideochannel.com/france-has-banned-unvaccinated-american-travelers/

France’s restrictions imposed on unvaccinated American travelers follow several other European destinations. Earlier this week, Spain also changed its entry policy for arrivals from the US, requiring them to have a certificate proving double vaccination. Denmark and the Netherlands have also recently updated their restrictions, requiring proof of vaccination for US travelers.
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France just bumped the United States from the country's "green" list, down to "orange," effectively banning unvaccinated American travelers.

This is the wildcard of f*uck around and find out. Now America is on banned travel lists like we're Ethiopia or something. No offense to Ethiopia.

Replying to
@politvidchannel
Seems the tourist destination of the unvaccinated American would more likely be The Cracker Barrel

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Link to tweet

@tomwatson
Btw, folks - I strongly suspect Team Biden has a step two on mandates, ready to roll out. Think travel.

@tomwatson
Once again, the Democratic play is - strong to the hoop, draw the foul, make the shot

"Thank me later"~joe biden

[Irish_Dem]

1. Yep, we are only on step one.

He has more on tap to help this country emerge from the pandemic.

[Budi]

3. And it is a full court press play with our allies.

I appreciate that Biden keeps these decisions quietly within his top tier.

Considering the sabatours around him, it is wise

[Irish_Dem]

18. He knows when to full court press and when to go incremental.

And all the cards are held close to the vest.
He obviously has good skills and advisors.

[DURHAM D]

2. Thank you.

[Budi]

10. More reassurance this week than we've seen in 4 1/2 years

It has to be a global mandate from Biden & his close Allies, if this virus is ever to be controlled, & societies moves forward & function again.

[DFW]

23. The EU leaders know Biden from his days as Obama's VP

They are comfortable with him, and trust him. They also know the resistance he is up against from the Republicans, and the lack of logic behind that resistance, beyond being opposed to anything a Democrat is for.

When it is said that the EU doesn't fully trust the USA, what is meant here in the EU is that they despise the Republicans, and aren't fully confident that Biden and his congressional allies will be able to thwart every evil move the Republicans make.

[roamer65]

5. Good move by the EU.

I can still travel there if I want.

Moderna x 2.

[Budi]

7. Yup. You are cleared to travel!

It's so easy. Just get the vax.
Enjoy your trip abroad

This is a very smart move to isolate the spreaders.

[roamer65]

8. It is.

Next year or so I want to go to Britain, France and Germany.

I would land in London, then take the Eurostar through the chunnel to Paris.

Never been there.

[OnDoutside]

11. I wonder how many of American passport holders are actually unvaccinated.

[GulfCoast66]

12. My thinking as well. Everyone I am aware of holding a passport,

Democratic or Republican, is fully vaccinated.

I’m sure there are some who aren’t. But not many of them are in the crazy evangelical base. They are afraid of other countries. And I’m glad of that. The last kind of Americans we need going to other countries.

My company announced mandatory vaccines for employment a month ago. They expect to lose 10-15% of the workforce. Most of us see it as good riddance. Pretty sure the company does as well. Most are older white guys who will retire.

[OnDoutside]

13. Interesting post, thanks. Should make for a happier company !

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. I'd like to visit Britain too, someday.

I traveled to Germany in the early 80's with my parents, to visit a brother stationed over there, and we only saw London's airport during a refuel.

The Germans were nice, but many of them stared a hole through us. Lol! It wasn't in a mean way. They'd just stare like they expected a vaudeville act from my quiet family any second now, or like people mindlessly staring at a TV screen.

An article about the behavior:
https://www.spiegel.de/international/the-germanic-stare-down-watcha-lookin-at-granny-a-418068.html

[roamer65]

25. I'll just smile and wink.

Good suggestion in the article.

That will unnerve them. Lol.

[DFW]

22. The Eurostar is not some high-adventure train ride

It does slow down for a bit at the tunnel, as the cars' wheels need to slowly adjust from British rail width to continental rail width on a specially built track. All you see out the windows, of course, is black as you go through the tunnel. If you want a REAL train ride, wait for a clear day, and take a train from Interlaken to Luzern in central Switzerland. You'd be hard-pressed to find a more spectacular two hour train ride anywhere in Europe, although the tiny "railway" from Mydal to Flåm in Norway has its own charm.

Paris, although I am usually there once a week for work, remains a fascinating city worthy of at least a week's stay. Two weeks if you speak French, as it is so much more pleasant to get around. English is more widely understood in Germany, but don't expect everyone to be fluent like they are in the Benelux countries or Scandinavia. Benelux and Scandinavia show all English-language TV shows and films in the original version with subtitles in their local languages. Germany dubs their foreign TV shows and films into German, and the people are predictably less used to hearing and speaking English. The older ones in the East often know almost none at all, as they grew up in what was essentially a Soviet colony, and were all taught Russian as their first second language. On the other hand, the younger generation in the Eastern European countries had no interest in Russian at all, and took to English as soon as they were allowed. English is widely spoken by educated people (and that's most all of the ones born there) in some of the coolest towns, such a Prague, Budapest and Zagreb. Same goes for Dubrovnik, which though touristy, remains a spectacular place to visit. If you know any Russian, Croatian is not hard to pick up, at least some of the basics, and the locals LOVE it if you try!

[roamer65]

24. Definitely don't expect Eurostar to be like Universal theme park ride.

I’d just rather go by train so I can see the countryside.

Did the same between Sydney and Melbourne 20 years ago this month.

I think u answered my question on picking up some phrases of a language before I go. Sounds like French would be better than German.

Thx!

[DFW]

26. Good choice

France, in general, tends to be less inclined to learn a Germanic language (such as English) than Germany is. Just make sure you don't do it like the Griswolds:

[roamer65]

27. I had 4 terms of Spanish in university about 30 years ago.

Since it’s another Romance language, the conjugations should be somewhat similar.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. Good!

[sheshe2]

9. Good job, EU.

[monkeyman1]

16. hey America , your now typhoid mary , good going !

[The Unmitigated Gall]

17. People refusing vaccination at this point.

You don’t want them, Europe.

Trust me.

[Hekate]

19. Excellent news in my family: my recalcitrant SIL and BIL are getting the jab next week...

…because they want to travel.

[Aristus]

20. As if anti-vaxxers were planning to travel anywhere other than

from Hootin' Holler to Pigstyville...

[DFW]

21. The USA was "demoted" in August

When we left Cape Cod on August 7th, we were still green. By the time I got back on the 27th, that was no longer the case. Since I am double vaxxed and have a valid EU residence card/work permit, it was no problem for me to get back in, but a few people on my flight were being detained at the border control in Paris, the first place I landed. They were only a handful, as Air France in Washington was already being very careful checking docs before even giving people a boarding pass. The airlines have to foot the bill for passengers they have to repatriate, so they are quite careful to whom they let on the plane.

From Paris to Düsseldorf, there was no check at all, though two days ago, when I went down to Paris for the day, the border police checked every passenger getting off the train, which was nonstop from Belgium. Most passengers had valid docs, but a few tried to get away with fakes, and were detained. Unfortunately, one of them was the guy just in front of me, and I had to wait five minutes while he exhausted his inventory of phony statements and fake documents before they carted him off. The upside is that after him, the French border guard was so relieved that I spoke French and had legit docs, that she waved me through rapidly. At least getting there went halfway smoothly, since on the way back three German trains broke down or were re-routed, and I got home at 2:00 AM after a $130 taxi ride (the last train home had long since left), and I had to get up at 5:30 AM for a 9:00 appointment over in Utrecht, NL.

So, yesterday, I was at my office in NL, and they were going nuts because one of our guys from Dallas was supposed to come by in 2 weeks, and US citizens were just put on the "no entry" list again after several months. Typical EU, the Dutch coordinated this move with exactly none of their neighbors. Our guy, who is double vaxxed, will have to fly to Germany and commute over to NL, since visitors from Germany who come for visits of 12 hours or less need no documents.

Everyone here loves Biden, but the data coming out of Republican-governed states can't be ignored, and since there is no restriction on people traveling to "safe" states from disaster states like Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, South Dakota, etc. etc., all Americans are suspect. Those EU countries that are letting vaxxed non-EU-resident Americans in are the most tolerant. Some, like NL, have temporarily shut the door again altogether. With things improving in some parts of the EU, who can blame them? France used to be on the German danger list. As of two days ago, only passengers en route from the maritime provinces on the Mediterranean required documents to enter Germany. Paris was again on the green list.

[FakeNoose]

28. Great way to ban all the Repukes in one fell swoop

I mean, who wants them anyway? I hear they're terrible tippers.