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Is this COVID-driven? How sad. Pretty weird seeing “MIT ID (Covid Pass)” in almost-2023.

Does MIT know that the rest of the world is over it? That most countries have no entry measures now? When do the smart kids just start saying “no” and attend a university not run by cowards and ninnies? What a bunch of dorks (and not in the endearing sense).



> Does MIT know that the rest of the world is over it?

Have you heard of China? There are well over a billion people that are still making decisions around covid.


That's more like one man still making decisions around COVID, and everyone else has to obey. Pretty sure most Chinese people would rather be getting on with their lives like everyone else.


Your best counter-example is an irrational authoritarian regime unnecessarily inflicting misery on its people. Way to prove the point.


Okay but the remaining 6B people aren’t


I also know individuals that are immunocompromised in the US that still factor covid into decision making. What exactly does “the rest of the world” mean? World population minus 17% minus the rest of the people deemed unworthy of counting? What a neat and meaningful metric.


It's likely due to many reasons, COVID being the last straw. All schools in the US have been getting more and more locked down with every school shooting.


I don't think the rest of the world is over it.

International Air Transport Association travel restriction map seems to imply many countries, aside from Europe, do still have travel restrictions for foreign visitors.[1]

Just spot checking a few: India still appears to require a negative PCR test.[2][3]

The USA generally requires proof of vaccination.[4]

Russia requires a negative PCR test and quarantine if you get sick while there.[5]

[1] https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php

[2] https://in.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/

[3] https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countrie...

[4] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/proof-of...

[5] https://ru.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/


So a bunch of stuffy government agencies looking to continue the justification of their prior mistakes. Got it.

Stop being a dork. COVID is over.




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