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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by anaphor on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:04PM (#22552863)
China Post has been shipping stuff and spraying it with disinfectant. I don't see why that would be a problem. Also doesn't it take more than 9 days to sail across the atlantic ocean?
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by brianwawok on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @10:41PM (#22553116)
A lot of goods travel by air from China. See all Apple products (this is a guess, could be wrong)
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by vanniv on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:38PM (#22553483)
You can sail across the Atlantic in 4-5 days on an ocean liner
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by namibj on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:21AM (#22553743)
Containers seem to take >=7 days from Germany's closest international port to Newark, NJ (practically NYC), last time I looked at routes and prices.
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by vanniv on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:25AM (#22553763)
Oh, that's probably true. They're optimized for throughput rather than speed.

Ocean liners that carry passengers take 4-5

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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by namibj on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:47AM (#22554395)
Actually, to a large extend it's fuel prices that cause these "low" speeds. Many cargo ships can be a lot faster if they have a reason that's worth the massive increase in fuel usage.
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Re:U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 days by vanniv on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:49AM (#22554411)
That also makes a ton of sense.
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