Either thing not happening (along with countless others) would have been best.
Swapping in Trump and Kushner for WHO is not an improvement.
Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/01/30/275959/the-china...
"Tedros, as he is called, said the WHO does not recommend limiting either trade or travel to China at this time. “In fact, we oppose it,” he said. The health organization said it would question border closures, quarantining of airplane passengers who aren’t ill, and similar steps."
This organization is either totally incompetent or complicit with spreading CCP propaganda. In fact, they reacted significantly slower than the US government.
South Korea never issued a travel ban.
In order for a travel ban to be effective, it has to be for all incoming travelers. Not just for a specific country.
This is not true. A ban on a specific country cannot eliminate the risk but it can still slow the spread just like any mitigation.
there are plenty of models that quarantining the source only does not work. china even proved this. the initial quarantine of wuhan only was not working, so they had to expand it to everywhere. south korea showed testing and tracking worked better than shutting down travel.
the u.s. travel ban against china was ineffective. however, it will now continue indefinitely because the u.s. is in the middle of a shit show, and this will continue to harm people and businesses affected by the travel ban. it will add months if not years of delays to visa processing everywhere.
That's not all experts, though, many of them still wear their mask in front of the camera.
Easier to ignore the WHO if you don't give them any money.