I’m confused what you think this accomplishes—by the time you know to close the border the new variant is already in your border. Even if a new variant arose during the month you’re closed, you probably open up before you know it exists, and lose anyway.
Yes I’m not talking about reacting to a new variant by closing, only about closing in advance. If a variant will spread across borders months before it is discovered because we can’t afford to sequence every case, then I agree this doesn’t work. I assume we don’t have a poolable test that excludes known variants.
I’m confused what you think this accomplishes—by the time you know to close the border the new variant is already in your border. Even if a new variant arose during the month you’re closed, you probably open up before you know it exists, and lose anyway.
Yes I’m not talking about reacting to a new variant by closing, only about closing in advance. If a variant will spread across borders months before it is discovered because we can’t afford to sequence every case, then I agree this doesn’t work. I assume we don’t have a poolable test that excludes known variants.