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Airlines call for COVID-19 tests before all international flights

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By Laurence Frost

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Not in Japan, as if a Japanese company can’t make a buck, and the ministry of health can’t control it then it won’t happen with any degree of speed.

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Good idea. Fast, on the spot testing is the key to getting life, and the economy, back to normal as soon as possible.

I agree Japan would not accept these tests as they lack layers of bureaucracy, red tape and money making opportunities.

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Well then airlines should prepare to lose more money as they make traveling more inconvenient, I wouldn't mind never traveling outside of Japan again, this is the best country in the world, in my opinion.

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No way will Japan accept this. If it becomes acceptable, then foreign residents who are pining for their families and homes will be able to come back to Japan easily. Japan doesn't want that.

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Actually, Narita Airport has already started implementing a 90 minute PCR test for arrivals apparently. But you're right, at $400 to $500 per test privately, it's another great example of the "free market" in action.

There's so much to love about here, but I'm thinking that one day when paper finally becomes obsolete, they'll probably still go through the paper shuffling actions just out of habit.

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You can throw away those cheap test sets just into the garbage can. Although they might have quite good parameters as stated by the producers or distributors, their real values of sensitivity and specificity are far below usefulness. Especially under time pressure, stress and unclean environment at airports you can just forget what those test kits indicate. Put those some dollars better as a kind of tax into an environment fund instead, just to pay a little for what you do the planet and people when often flying around without real reason.

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So, you go to the airport, with your flight ticket, and you're told you've tested positive. You go home, out of pocket. Not such a good idea.

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Ill pay anything for my parents to be able to see their grandkids

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Pointless, unless you can guarantee effectiveness before getting onboard a flight.

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Pointless, unless you can guarantee effectiveness before getting onboard a flight.

Yeah, unless you can catch absolutely every case before it gets on board, catching any of them is entirely "pointless", and a complete waste of time, and anyone who would even consider trying to consider catching anything less than 100% of cases is probably as mentally competent as someone who thinks it's a good idea to wear a mask even though they aren't 100% effective.

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