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If they had just closed their borders earlier could this have all been avoided? Seems like that would have been a lot cheaper. Definitely border restrictions p
by eloff 7y ago
If they had just closed their borders earlier could this have all been avoided? Seems like that would have been a lot cheaper.
Definitely border restrictions plus testing seems to be effective in keeping it out, see Taiwan.
Once you get enough local transmission going then it didn't matter anymore. Every western country reacted too slowly in this regard.
- wbl 7y agoA lot of trade goes over those borders, and it only takes a few cases on the wrong side. Sure if on 1 Jan the RoW had shut borders with china things might have gone ok.
- eloff 7y agoYou can never get 100%, but it seems you can get enough to prevent it from flaring into community transmission. Keep in mind if I'm wrong, this lock down never ends - that's the only way you can keep other hot spots in the world from reinfecting your country after you get it under control.
- wbl 7y agoBorder lockdowns do not stop community spread unless perfect. It's like the spark that starts a fire.
- akhilcacharya 7y agoNo because you cannot close borders off to American citizens. Even travel bans aren't terribly effective because you can pass through other countries or be infected in other countries.
- a_tractor 7y agoWe'd just need something like Ellis Island to quarantine returning travelers who are American citizens, simple as that. But realistically unless they imposed a blanket 2 week quarantine, they would just be letting the asymptomatic carriers through anyway. Nobody was prepared that early to go to such extreme measures.
- eloff 7y agoBut you can force them into quarantine for two weeks when they return? That's what we're doing here in Canada.