There’s an epidemic in the China with a population of 1.3 billion, the second largest economy. They lock down Wuhan on Jan 23rd to try and contain it from spreading to the rest of China.
On Jan 30th with 7818 infected, the WHO declares Global Health Emergency. It’s a now threat beyond China.
What do you do?
Things to consider:
- There are 100,000 global flights a day.
- China is rushing to build 2 hospitals in 10 days
- It appears to be highly contagious
But stocking up the mask and respirator and PPE reserve immediately would not have gone amiss, nor would fever checks at airports, public buildings etc.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-09/how-coron...
Either all countries must react properly, or a single country's actions won't do anything. Good luck with that.
China had already locked the doors within their country to try and contain it. Anyone who isn’t a Chinese National can fly in and out of China for the United States.
We didn’t ban flights, we banned Chinese citizens.
Are you sure, you aren’t lulling yourself into a false sense of security?