Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by new2628 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:34PM
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I didn't downvote, but the politicization is unhelpful. When Trump pondered travel restrictions to/from China a month ago, the media jumped at him for being racist/isolationist. All the "experts" explained us that open borders are necessary to fight an epidemic.
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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by res0nat0r on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:46PM
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Which legitimate person would ever say open borders help an epidemic? The virus spreading as it is a direct bad side-effect of globalization such as it is.
The main issue right now is the lack of testing and covering up just to try and bump the stock market, and it obviously is having the opposite effect since the problem is just getting worse the longer the problem is ignored.
Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says
by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:03PM
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The WHO's official guidance in late January was that countries should not restrict travel to fight the coronavirus. Travel restrictions "cause more harm than good by hindering info-sharing, medical supply chains and harming economies", they said.