it, given global travel, it is a good chance it is already here. will the travel restrictions the u.s. has now put in place on several african countries really help? i don t think it ll help much to be honest. this is based on history from what i just told you from last year. you learn these lessons. also the idea it is a pretty porous ban. people who are citizens of the united states can travel back. they could just as well be carrying the virus also. if we were confident that this variant was not here in the united states, then i think you can make a better risk reward proposition that it may be worth it to try and really reduce the spread of the variant into the country but it is probably already here. it is a porous sort of travel ban so not likely to make much of an effect. it may slow things down a little bit. either way i think they need to be really clear on when the ban will be lifted so it is not one of these things that will just be in perpetuity. will the tests, the c
before the pandemic. and experts believe that number is actually being pushed up because that resumption of international travel. pete moneyuntean, thanks. u.s. citizens are exempt from those restrictions so a south african can t come to the united states but an american in south africa can come from south africa to the united states. the virus doesn t care who is a citizen and who is not a citizen. do these restrictions actually stop the spread? they re not going to make a huge impact, jake. this is a risk/reward proposition. the benefit of doing this is you may slow down some of the entry of the virus into the country but it s very porous as you are mentioning. a lot of people who are citizens will be coming back as well and could potentially be carrying the virus. but if there s not really any of the variant detected here right now, the impact will be greater because you re creating more of an impact on slowing down the
conversation, john. i was i thought i would convince her. i think i can convince people. she understands the risk reward proposition. the disease is far worse than the vaccine. for her it was about this mandate, and we keep saying you can t disentangle things from politics, that s what it manifests into. you convinced thousands if not tens of thousands to get vaccinated. it is safe to say that. that was an interesting conversation. thank you for coming in. thank you. it is the biggest sports story in maybe forever. tom brady back where he belongs in new england on sunday. what happens when we welcome change? we can transform our workforce overnight out of convenience, or necessity. we can explore uncharted waters, and not only make new discoveries, but get there faster, with better outcomes. with app, cloud and anywhere workspace solutions,