@LawrenceGostin: "conflates closed border & #COVID19 response ... germs don't respect borders. Most of Europe has = or < cases than US. Travel bans won't make US safer"
- US has local transmission already
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- ignores vital mitigation steps we know we need to do now"
@juliettekayyem: "The travel restrictions are incomprehensible (it's here!)."
@Laurie_Garrett: "our govt has pulled up travel drawbridge to protect the U.S. castle. But the virus is here, the strategy failed. We need all out public health mobilization."
@kakape @marynmck @mikethemadbiol
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