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[Dam Yankee]

On 10/29/2014 MomTo2Dogs said:

If I remember right its common name is African sleeping sickness.

You may very well be right about that. All I know is, we had to jump through flaming hula hoops to transport our 2 horses through 3 states when we moved.

[dex]

You can't bring beef from Canada to the USA

[dex]

I meant a roast or any product containing beef including pet food.

[Dam Yankee]

My dog's food comes from Canada, but I may be missing your point.

[Qwackertoo]

On 10/29/2014 Dam Yankee said:

On 10/29/2014 tansy said:

Are we sending teams of vets and vet techs to Liberia to eradicate this horse disease? The two issues are not a valid comparison.

Neither are the flu, AIDS, HIV, etc., etc., etc., but that hasn't stopped anyone.

Add astronauts, Vietnam War Vets and who knows what else.

Very interesting about the horses.

I know when we went to Hawaii they were very serious about bringing ANYTHING back like fruits and vegetables. I believe international to Europe we had a form for food type items and it seems our cruise to Alaska too but not sure because of transfer to Alaska or the port in Canada one day. To be sure, there are many restrictions for travelers.

[dex]

I was stopped at the boarder coming back from a visit to Canada and they threw my beef roast and canned pet food in the trash.You can purchase Canadian beef products here but you can't bring them yourself...my point is that these rules are for public safety.

[Dam Yankee]

On 10/29/2014 Qwackertoo said:

Add astronauts, Vietnam War Vets and who knows what else.

Very interesting about the horses.

I know when we went to Hawaii they were very serious about bringing ANYTHING back like fruits and vegetables. I believe international to Europe we had a form for food type items and it seems our cruise to Alaska too but not sure because of transfer to Alaska or the port in Canada one day. To be sure, there are many restrictions for travelers.

We sure have a bizarre set of priorities in this country, don't we?

[Dam Yankee]

On 10/29/2014 dex said: I was stopped at the boarder coming back from a visit to Canada and they threw my beef roast and canned pet food in the trash.You can purchase Canadian beef products here but you can't bring them yourself...my point is that these rules are for public safety.

Thanks for clearing that up. You're right.

[scotttie]

....and now Ms. Bertha Betterthanyou has gone on a bike ride to force the issue. I do not like her. Is it such a big stinkin deal to stay home for 3 weeks?

I know nobody will be harmed from a bike ride, however, this is obviously just to poke the state in the eye. It is a statement to everybody else under quarantine that 'you don't gotta'.

How responsible.

ETA: The issue is that if she should become symptomatic they are going to have to inconvenience every single person she was in contact with and at perhaps great expense to them and to the state to track. All because she can't think of her community first.

[Free2be]

Our government simply cannot hold people against their will who are not a danger to anyone nor have broken any law.