VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS

[visaveteran 1]

I think the medical exam is a great idea and every immigrant should get one. However, I believe they should be examined not from a "stopping infectious disease from entering the U.S." standpoint, but a "so they don't become a public charge" standpoint if they'd happen to come here and rack up huge medical bills.

The reason I say this is because 99% of immigrants who are prospective spouses had sexual contact with a USC prior to their arrival and the USC returned to the States without a medical exam. Sure, there are kids and old folks who wouldn't have had sexual contact with the USC, but, they've probably lived in close proximity to the prospective spouse in the mean time while waiting for the visa process.

If we were truly worried about stopping infectious diseases from entering the U.S., everyone would get a medical exam at POE. Everyone. Not just immigrants, not just visitors... EVERYONE!

To say it's unsafe for immigrants to bribe a doctor isn't false. But, then again, to say it adds increased risk to the U.S. public isn't true either, especially when there's already someone here who's had sexual contact with that immigrant and plenty of time to spread whatever it is that could be spread.

If an adult travels to any country (but especially Russia) and engages in sex without using a condom, they're complete fools. There is no cure for being a fool. And the various incubation periods for diseases makes medical exams at POE a poor diagnostic tool.

[slim 1,514]

If an adult travels to any country (but especially Russia) and engages in sex without using a condom, they're complete fools. There is no cure for being a fool. And the various incubation periods for diseases makes medical exams at POE a poor diagnostic tool.

Yeah, but so does requiring a medical exam prior to getting a K-visa.

While I'm not arguing it's smart to use condoms, stay vaccinated, have doctors really do the checks, etc., I'm just saying it's not like skipping out on any of the required exams or bribing the doctors is doing anything to increase risk to citizens of the U.S. A few posts ago, you were saying that it does.