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Travel restrictions shouldn't just ban travelers coming in from China. Instead, it should be done by how long ago the person was in China - 5? 7? 10 days before?
While it is true that infections will eventually come through anyway, there is still merit if:
1) the infections can be delayed, and
2) the number of infections can be reduced
Esp given the timing of things, if travel restrictions can push back the next infection wave by 3 months, we'd be in March / April where transmissions of respiratory illnesses would be far less effective than they are in the dead of winter. The outcome of that is far fewer infections. Fewer infections mean fewer severe cases, and fewer severe cases means less stress on our medical resources and fewer deaths.
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