EXCERPT:
REINER: “This virus is all over the world. And the variants that are circulating in China are already in the United States. I think the predominant variant in China right now is something called BF.7, which has been in the United States since September. It's not the predominant variant now, but it's already here. And the other -- other thing to remember is that if you try and test passengers, a test is a snapshot in time. So if a -- if a passenger is tested a day before their flight or even the day of their flight, they are negative at that moment, that doesn't mean that they are not already infected, just not testing positive. It's really impossible to -- to block people from coming into the United States. And I think these restrictions have no real public health benefit.”