.@JeremyKonyndyk: "Travel bans are like locking the doors after the killer has already entered the house."
@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"
@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"
2. @alexandraphelan: "This is a distraction:
- US has local transmission already
...
- ignores vital mitigation steps we know we need to do now"
@juliettekayyem: "The travel restrictions are incomprehensible (it's here!)."
- US has local transmission already
...
- ignores vital mitigation steps we know we need to do now"
@juliettekayyem: "The travel restrictions are incomprehensible (it's here!)."
3. @kakape: "At best, suspending flights from Europe is completely pointless and a distraction."
@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."
@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."
4. Warnings that the European travel ban might hamper the delivery of medical supplies and testing for #Covid_19
@kakape @marynmck @mikethemadbiol
@kakape @marynmck @mikethemadbiol
