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Travel was also significantly less than what it is now. 20 years ago it would have been a local epidemic with limited spread. 10 years ago would have been a pan
by 8ytecoder 6y ago
Travel was also significantly less than what it is now. 20 years ago it would have been a local epidemic with limited spread. 10 years ago would have been a pandemic but still limited in terms of spread.
- GuB-42 6y agoI don't think it would have changed much. It would have slowed the initial spread, but as we have seen, it only takes a single "superspreader" event to infect an entire country. Out of the various actions taken to fight the pandemic, closing borders was among the least effective. Basically, it only worked on islands and in combination with strong local actions (testing, tracing, quarantine, lockdowns, ...). 20 years ago wasn't the middle ages, air travel was a thing (9/11 was almost 20 years ago). In fact, it wasn't that different than it is today.