<p>Obviously, in the case of Trump, who referred to the COVID-19 pandemic as the "Kung-flu" and "Chinese virus," travel from China was shutdown not based on science but on fear. Dr. Anthony Fauci at the time explained that a travel ban was pointless on Jan. 31 when it was clear the virus was already in the United States. At the same time, the travel ban didn't actually ban everyone coming into the U.S. from China. Over 400,000 people were allowed to enter the United States without being tested for COVID-19 after the China ban. </p><p>In the case of Biden, the decision was made based on the recommendations of scientists and medical experts on the COVID-19 team. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden called the Muslim travel ban xenophobic and racist. </p><p>Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/biden-coronavirus-travel-restrictions/index.html" target="_blank">uniformly instituted travel restrictions</a> that Trump canceled, mandating that would block non-US citizens who have been in COVID hotspots and sites of the more contagious strain. Those countries are not isolated to one specific nationality and include Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and much of Europe, as well as the new addition of South Africa, where a new more deadly strain has been seen.</p><p>Psaki also announced that beginning Tuesday, anyone coming into the United States "must provide proof of a negative test within three days of travel to airlines prior to departure," which includes U.S. citizens, coming from overseas.</p><p>See the video below as well as some of the criticisms: </p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="de2c89744c18dafa86a8d0e9b0d3adc5" id="c66dd"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353778727662968837"><div style="margin:1em 0">Not a great start for Fox here https://t.co/GaTsrrOP8k</div> — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn Torabi)<a href="https://twitter.com/Acyn/statuses/1353778727662968837">1611600975.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b258e8380edc6df933d0e36fddf84ed3" id="f3e4a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353781957881188354"><div style="margin:1em 0">More Fox insanity. "Trump did a thing. Biden said Trump's thing was racist then did a similar thing. So isn't Biden… https://t.co/LA36IgdhYb</div> — Young Daddy (@Young Daddy)<a href="https://twitter.com/Toure/statuses/1353781957881188354">1611601745.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7d0663ce6d3d5a706762ad9fec728464" id="11464"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353778002291646464"><div style="margin:1em 0">It seems like Peter Doocey’s only plan is to bait Jen into giving soundbites that Fox hosts can use to enrage their… https://t.co/epMingBqEg</div> — Jon Favreau (@Jon Favreau)<a href="https://twitter.com/jonfavs/statuses/1353778002291646464">1611600802.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="54ff47488334bea197fea03c4b125e65" id="84b6f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353779719234330625"><div style="margin:1em 0">Fox News is Fox Newsing, part 2 https://t.co/qblrUeHdTc</div> — Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar)<a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/statuses/1353779719234330625">1611601211.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="52778393cf992366b38acf0b86b9cb52" id="e697e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1353780715272462342"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@jrpsaki doesn’t have time for the idiot from Fox “News” https://t.co/oldzVJV583</div> — Icculus The Brave (@Icculus The Brave)<a href="https://twitter.com/FirenzeMike/statuses/1353780715272462342">1611601449.0</a></blockquote></div>
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