This is a bu*****:
"But opening their borders anytime soon would expose their societies to the coronavirus. Analysts believe it could take a
decade for Australian immigration to return to prepandemic levels. And closed borders reinforce anti-immigrant sentiment. The New Zealand government intends to permanently
restrict immigration postpandemic. "
If you will allow only vaccinated people to come to your country you are not creating bigger risk from the risk you already have in your vaccinated population
Who the hell wrote that?
That article is very poorly written. Once tourists are allowed, such statements will have no base in the public. I don't know anything about Australia but Canada's economy and demographics can't quite handle this pandemic-style immigration any longer. They're already an aging polulation and most (at least half) of the recent CEC immigrants will retire in less than 15-20 years. A decade? Canada's economy would crumble if the current damaged immigration system continued for another 2 years, let alone a decade.
There was article stating these concerns, can't find it now though. The foolishness of the article is evident by it's ending:
"
Whoever forms the government after the expected fall election should consider creating a commission of inquiry into immigration, with a mandate to determine how many immigrants Canada should be bringing in and how best to integrate them.
We must prevent the kind of polarization over newcomers that is tearing other countries apart, while preserving our diverse, open-hearted, multicultural society. Let’s just make sure we’re doing it right.
"
How is integration a problem all of a sudden? How did it come to polarization? Who is tearing what apart? Was the article not discussing the pandemic? Sorry but this is typical right-wing speech, just under disguise.
This is the sole reason, a real example of why people, regardless of their citizenship status or country, must not allow the "pandemic talk" anymore. It is actively being used as an excuse for political gain. When someone starts to talk about "cases", "variants", "risks", they must be actively, and immediately, shut down.
