The EU Mulls Not Letting Americans In due to COVID 19

Nadin Brzezinski
5 min readJun 24, 2020

the American response to COVID is haphazard and mostly not effective. As many epidemiologists warned, the country was opening the economy too fast. This is why we are seeing spikes in both red and blue states. This will have real consequences for the country. Not only are we doing to see hundreds of thousands, perhaps into the million, deaths, and families planning funerals. These are personal tragedies that also translate to the economy. It means fewer breadwinners, and fear is not conducive to a healthy economy. This means that restarting the economy is harder.

I know, there are people who don’t care. Or some who believe it’s a hoax, and the deep state. There are a few who still think this is the flu. However, we have lost over 120,000 Americans in a few short months. There are those who defy health orders because of a libertarian concept of freedom, meaning they will not let the government tell them what to do. Ironically many of these are also the law and order types for others. But now we are seeing another consequence. This is not unexpected from a public health perspective. It is a real hit to our national reputation, and another signal the United States is leaving the stage as a global leader. The European Union is considering not allowing Americans within their borders when they open then on July first. We are in good company since Russia and…

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Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB