If that’s based on this source, I strongly object to this characterisation.
The quote:
Make sure you have extra funds or plenty of room on your credit card in case you need to extend your trip to recover from Covid. (You still need proof of a negative Covid test for international travel.)
They doesn’t say “stop being poor”—it’s not an actual quote by the NYT, as implied here, but instead by some Twitter user. And the author of that NYT piece is not in fact responsible for the fact that if you get Covid in some countries, their laws might in fact force you to prolong your stay. That’s hardly satisfying, but it’s certainly not the fault of that NYT author.
I very much appreciate the way you cover Covid and politics, but this is just repeating some dumb partisan cheap shot based on entirely misrepresenting someone’s words. And it’s not operating on Simulacra level 1 whatsoever. I’ve come to expect better from you.
If that’s based on this source, I strongly object to this characterisation.
The quote:
They doesn’t say “stop being poor”—it’s not an actual quote by the NYT, as implied here, but instead by some Twitter user. And the author of that NYT piece is not in fact responsible for the fact that if you get Covid in some countries, their laws might in fact force you to prolong your stay. That’s hardly satisfying, but it’s certainly not the fault of that NYT author.
I very much appreciate the way you cover Covid and politics, but this is just repeating some dumb partisan cheap shot based on entirely misrepresenting someone’s words. And it’s not operating on Simulacra level 1 whatsoever. I’ve come to expect better from you.
This NYT article is a bit closer to deserving the “stop being poor” criticism:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/well/live/ba2-omicron-covid.html
… indeed, if by that you mean that it’s paywalled and I can’t even check it T_T.
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