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As fast as this virus spreads, I suspect travel bans are useless. By the time you discovery an outbreak, it's already circulating in your population.
by amanaplanacanal 5y ago
As fast as this virus spreads, I suspect travel bans are useless. By the time you discovery an outbreak, it's already circulating in your population.
- syngrog66 5y agoReasoning from purely a physical system perspective, I'm confident that a travel "ban" will slow its spread, especially the earlier you enforce it. But agreed it will never be 100% effective. The question remains is the slowing worth the ban? Bans are painful, but any slowing will buy professionals more time to study it and begin targetted mitigations, and while the total infected is smaller than otherwise. Trade-offs...
- carlmr 5y agoAlso due to unequal sequencing efforts, countries like South Africa and England get travel bans for being the first to find such a variant. We're banning the messenger.