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>>And the U.S. couldn't close its land borders even if it wanted to. Given that until recently the US was quite militant in refusing to act upon the outbreak,
by rualca 5y ago
>>And the U.S. couldn't close its land borders even if it wanted to.
Given that until recently the US was quite militant in refusing to act upon the outbreak, and it's a country comprised of hundreds of million of people among which about a third showed themselves to be quite defiant towards even the most trivial emergency public health policies, I don't think it's fair to refer to border control as a relevant factor in the US's death toll.
- briandear 5y ago> Given that until recently the US was quite militant in refusing to act upon the outbreak Factually untrue. The US was the first country to shut down China travel. And we got called Xenophobic for it. The mayor of Florence even held a “hug a Chinese” day in response. https://rmx.news/article/article/fears-of-being-called-racist-harmed-italy-s-coronavirus-response-says-leading-italian-virologist https://rmx.news/article/article/fears-of-being-called-racis...
- maxerickson 5y agoThe US never shut down travel from China, it banned people not from the US from traveling from China to the US. US citizens and some other groups were still allowed to travel. Singapore started severely restrict travel and quarantining arriving citizens a couple days before the US ban. https://www.gov.sg/article/how-is-singapore-limiting-the-spread-of-covid-19 https://www.gov.sg/article/how-is-singapore-limiting-the-spr... A faster travel ban for Italy and other EU countries would have done the US more good.
- URSpider94 5y agoFactually true. Shutting down travel from China (at least for Chinese nationals, but not for Americans) after the virus was already openly spreading inside the country, and NOT shutting down travel from Europe, which was having a massive outbreak of its own, was xenophobic theater at best.