> If there was a big outbreak in WA, do you think the US, as a democracy, could shutdown all airports, roads and rail at the state border? This is why the WA g

> If there was a big outbreak in WA, do you think the US, as a democracy, could shutdown all airports, roads and rail at the state border? This is why the WA governor called a state of emergency. With that action, the state level government gains some pretty un-Democratic powers, such as mobilizing the National Guard for martial actions. I think that it would take them a while, and not be perfect, but eventually they could shut down most external transportation.