International travel in light of the coronavirus

Papaya

Peacock
Gold Member
I believe it. And yeah, but I wasn't going to take her word for it alone in the off chance some Karen screws me over. My airline app wouldn't even let me check in until I had completed a bunch of Covid authorization nonsense.
I get it. The US State Dept own clown show of a website was up to date a couple weeks ago (probably still isnt).
 

FrancisK

Pelican
Catholic
Gold Member
So I'm 20 minutes from the border here in metro detroit, my godson is getting married and we wanted to do a bachelor party. My fathers side of the family is really straight laced, this wasn't going to be a debauchery fest just us relatively young men having a good time together, all family there are lots of us.

Well disgusting detroit doesn't have much in the way of actual fun, not clean fun anyway, and believe or not the casino in Windsor is really nice, instead of detroit casinos where it's "give us your money and get out, don't mind the congregation of crackheads", Caesar's Windsor has lounges and live entertainment, a club, excellent restaurants and people there dress nice and make a night of it....they made it the center of the city and did well with it.

I haven't been to windsor since the pandemic obviously as I wasn't allowed to cross and they still require clot shots but I hear it's very lax and you can pretty much just say you're going for business or family and you'll be all set. I called up my old host and the guy was ecstatic to hear from me ready to roll out the red carpet for us, until about 20 minutes in where I told him I wasn't unvaccinated....he completely changed he was a typical smug Canadian jerk after that talking down to an American for no reason.

Not the first time I've experienced it with Canadians, they are all very angry that you're not in the same medical experiment as them. It's a shame but Canada is more lost than ever...we ended up renting a VFW hall over here....got extra food and drinks for the vets that I'm sure will be in there watching Sportsball.
 

COtrailrider

Woodpecker
Other Christian
New Zealand has moved all entry restricitons.

Brazil has finally removed their vaxxed only stance, still need a PCR to enter though.

Only real loser countries left are USA, Canada, China.
Most of LatAm still requires a test, so to me they’re all losers too. Insane that Australia and NZ did so before them. They built de facto camps after all…

There are ways to easily circumvent the restrictions (wink wink) but I also don’t really want to visit countries that are still playing along with the theatre. It’s September 2022 and a global downturn is on the horizon, yet they’re too retarded to see what’s coming.

100+ countries have no tests or vaxx requirements so I’ll go to those places instead.
 

brimby

Sparrow
Orthodox
Most of LatAm still requires a test, so to me they’re all losers too. Insane that Australia and NZ did so before them. They built de facto camps after all…

There are ways to easily circumvent the restrictions (wink wink) but I also don’t really want to visit countries that are still playing along with the theatre. It’s September 2022 and a global downturn is on the horizon, yet they’re too retarded to see what’s coming.

100+ countries have no tests or vaxx requirements so I’ll go to those places instead.

Yeah I am the same not travelling naywhere that makes me jump through PCR hoops.

But Canada, USA, China are still top tier losers won't even let you in with PCR.
 

COtrailrider

Woodpecker
Other Christian
Another big domino just fell: The Netherlands.

Effective September 17th, 2022, the Dutch Government has made the decision to get rid of all Covid-19 travel restrictions and requirements. This decision applies to all travelers, including those traveling into the Netherlands from outside the EU/Schengen area. The Netherlands kept their Covid protocols for travelers in place much longer than the majority of European countries. However, as of September 17th, the country has officially taken its name off the list of the last European countries that still have entry requirements.

 

COtrailrider

Woodpecker
Other Christian
Thailand is opening up October 1st as well. They were quite oppressive with the coof so I'm not too keen to visit but given how strict they were it's a good sign nonetheless.

So now in SEA the following countries are open to my knowledge: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia.

For those interested in business in SEA/greater Asian region I think these are great places to explore. Andrew Henderson raves about Malaysia and Cambodia/Vietnam have lots of potential as well IMO. Particularly as China's various issues continue to come to light as well as a growing middle class (and thus wages for businesses), more capital will continue flowing to these adjacent nations.

 

BeatUpTruck

Robin
Other Christian
New populist opposition leader was just elected in Canada.
The Trudeau government is also currently in court defending themselves against a lawsuit, brought forth by one of the last living men who wrote our ‘charter of rights and freedoms’, Brian Peckford. Peckford alleges that the Covid restrictions infringed on Canadians rights without sufficient justification.
The governments defence was to scrap all the restrictions and ask the judge to dismiss the case.
 

Sisyphus

Kingfisher
Other Christian
Canada is fully reopening this weekend.
Let's hope this spreads around the globe, as Canada has been one of the most strict countries when it comes to Covid.
The last time I checked they required full vaccination, *including boosters*. This is great news.


Great news perhaps, but I won't be traveling north of the border any time soon for two reasons; one is a matter of simple practicality and the other is a matter of principle.

Simply put, I cannot feel safe in a country that was so eager to contravene the laws laid out in its founding documents in order to:
• declare martial law in response to successful peaceful protests
• to slap "Police" stickers on private military contractors (i.e. mercenaries) who were dispatched to use brutal force against peaceful protesters
• to illegally seize and freeze the assets of peaceful protesters

Canada is a place where the rule of law, domestic or international, simply does not apply. What will stop them from detaining and forcibly injecting citizens of other countries? With a zeal perhaps unmatched by any nation in the world, Canada has demonstrated a bizarre and fanatical obsession with administering the poison injections to each and every one of its citizens with no regard for the burden this imposes on them. It is an authoritarian failed democracy in which all rights are suspended and are violated with no warning on the whim of a globalist controlled WEF puppet autocrat. Why would any sane and reasonable person voluntarily enter such a hostile and dangerously volatile environment? It is perhaps as safe to travelers as Somalia or North Korea in my estimation. I would argue that anyone feeling safe in this environment lacks the shrewd tactical awareness and understanding of day to day reality that will be necessary to survive in an increasingly invasive and authoritarian post-virus global regime.

As a matter of principle, I would no sooner contribute to the economy of this evil and corrupt regime than I would contribute to that of our greatest ally, the ayatollah, the house of Saud, the Kim dynasty, the CCP, or any of the other bad actors currently on the global stage. Doing so would demonstrate approval and provide material support for its morally reprehensible and indefensible policies. How could anyone do so in good conscience?

The only way this might possibly change is with the most sincere and contrite apology ever offered by a sovereign nation, one which acknowledges its deeply flawed responses and admits to being swept up in a misdirected and illogical frenzy motivated by fear and globalist pressure. This alone would be insufficient if not accompanied by restitution for those injured by the injections and whose lives were destroyed by misguided policies along with swift and brutal punishment for those who created and perpetrated these policies at all levels that would make the Nuremburg trials look like traffic court. This apology and subsequent actions would have to make the self-flagellation performed by Germany resulting from its actions in the 1930's and 40's seem like a simple "excuse me" when mistakenly brushing someone on a crowded sidewalk by comparison.

I have long wanted to travel to Banff, and to explore the northern reaches of Quebec and Ontario in the winter. All of that can wait, perhaps for the rest of my life until wrongdoing is admitted and justice is served. In the meantime, I can find plenty of other places to explore, or I can just not travel at all and focus on spiritual and intellectual journeys instead.
 

Don Quixote

Ostrich
Orthodox Inquirer

So it's not a treaty, it's just a "declaration" of the leaders? In order for a treaty to become law it needs to be signed by the President and ratified by the Senate, I believe, which is quite rare for the U.S. anyways who did not even fully ratify the Vienna Convention. These "leaders" can say whatever they want but it doesn't make it legally enforceable.
 

fortyfive

Kingfisher
Other Christian
So it's not a treaty, it's just a "declaration" of the leaders? In order for a treaty to become law it needs to be signed by the President and ratified by the Senate, I believe, which is quite rare for the U.S. anyways who did not even fully ratify the Vienna Convention. These "leaders" can say whatever they want but it doesn't make it legally enforceable.

It's a road map. They just announced direction. Law is just a question of time. Don't forget they are current lawmakers and law enforcers.
And who will stop them? Those 69.8% already vaccinated people worldwide?
 

Viktor Zeegelaar

Crow
Orthodox Inquirer
Do you really think that 70% of the world is (truly) jabbed? I'd say it is 50% at best (worst).
I too believe they've been peddling with the numbers. Think about it, most of the third world simply doesn't have an infrastructure to roll out such a monumental operation. In some countries, like Vietnam, they claim over 99% vaccinated. No way they can even reach that 99%, let alone that there's always a more signifcant segment that just doesn't take it. Probably in the West numbers like 85-90% could've been achieved, for we're a bunch of moralless, nihilist cowards. But for other parts of the world I just don't think the logistical structure was in place for now to achieve that. But I may be wrong though, my guess could be too optimistic given that also third world parts shut down, with arguably more consequences for the people there since there's little back up in welfare and such, people simply need to work and if that gets blocked, many will give in for the sake of survival.
 
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