The US Department of Homeland Security has extended the requirement for travellers to be vaccinated against COVID before entering the US.

“Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will extend temporary Title 19 requirements and continue to require non-U.S. travellers entering the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals at the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide related proof of vaccination upon request,” the notice reads.

“These requirements will continue to apply to non-U.S. travellers who are travelling both for essential and non-essential reasons, and do not apply to US citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, or US nationals.”

“COVID-19 testing is not required to enter the United States via a land port of entry or ferry terminal.”

This no-testing requirement implies that a COVID-infected vaccinated person may enter their country, but a perfectly healthy unvaccinated person will continue to be denied entry for work or travel.

Unvaccinated Canadians remain unable to leave their own country on a plane, and with this extension by the US, they’re still barred from leaving even by car.

Yet COVID stats in Canada are increasingly shining a negative light on vaccine efficacy. Data shows infections are happening among both vaccinated and unvaccinated, and the higher rates are among the vaccinated in some cases.

Moreover, this American policy impacts law-abiding Canadians who wish to legally enter the US for vacation or work, whereas the border crisis to the South sees thousands of illegal crossings, vaccinated or otherwise.

Likewise, Canada’s federal policy on vaccine requirements continues to imprison unvaccinated Canadians inside their own country. The policy was to be updated on April 6, but nothing has been announced yet.

As it stands, unvaccinated Canadians continue to wait for both governments’ outdated policies to be lifted.