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Crossed back into the Canadian Side, the border guard on the nexus lane asked me if I have been in contact with anyone that has ebola. Sort of threw me off guard after declaring groceries and gas. |
^I wonder what they could be fishing for with respect to a response. It's not like one would go "OK I HAVE DRUGS IN THE CAR" in response to that question. So odd. |
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How would the normal layperson know they were in contact with someone with Ebola unless they were recently in a place that had confirmed cases (which when I last checked, didn't include Washington State)? I don't mean to sound argumentative, but there are more effective ways to prevent the spread of a deadly disease than to simply ask a Canadian citizen driving across the border from Washington State whether they came into contact with anyone with Ebola. |
^ care to elaborate. Would you rather they do blood tests for everyone coming across the border? Last I checked there is an International Airport 2 hrs south of the border. |
I think they ask as a precaution. Assuming one has met anyone that could be at high risk of Ebola, the border personnels could maybe put the person on a watch list of some sort, and if that person starts to have symptoms, the hospital can be prepared in advance to prevent any further spread. |
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- Check passport stamps for countries that have known ebola cases - Ask more specific questions like "did you travel to Dallas/NY" And for the world in general: -ban commercial travel to/from countries where the epidemic is rampant. This would exclude humanitarian efforts in the area, and at the same time you can take those same people back for a 2 week quarantine. The point to my first comment is that asking if people came into contact with ebola is pointless, and I thought of it more as a tactic to throw people off to fish for other tells or information that may interest the border guards. Quote:
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Again, it's being precautious.. not quarantine. |
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CBSA has always asked me the returning amount minus shipping costs. That's why when buying on eBay I try to find items with high shipping and low buy it now :) |
At the Silver Thief enjoying my free prime rib buffet. Once a year. It's not my birthday, but members get one free buffet per calendar year. Gas here is pretty cheap. The one bad thing about Silver Reef is its not off the freeway or close to it. Neither is Northwoods, but at least Norhwoods is 10 minutes from Sumas and 5 from Aldergrove crossing. Im off to Norhwods after this where it's 100 for 100 today. |
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Just got back from the US and sure enough, they asked me if I had been to Africa in the last 21 days. |
Is it true that HK and American residents are exempt from being taxed going back into Canada? |
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:lawl: that's what family friend is trying to tell us. Still no clue |
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So im gonna be heading to seattle in the next week. mainly gonna be around downtown so im wondering wheres a good store to buy supplements down there? I wanna grab whey protein, fish supps, vitamins and also what are the restrictions and limit on bringing back supplements across the border? thanks |
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Mostly just gas its cheaper |
Declared my $254 cat-back, got called in to pay taxes. My only credit card wasn't working for some reason and bank was empty, no cash on me either. $34 tax, lady waved me through just told me to go, said she doesn't want to make a big hassle with Nexus cardholders. So lucky :lawl: |
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Time for a job :) |
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$0 in bank account Priorities are in order! |
got questioned about ebola on my back from blaine. "have you been in contact with anyone that has ebola?" "have you visited any other countries in the 3 weeks?" |
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