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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #225 on: March 14, 2020, 07:19:21 pm »
Travel bans don’t do anything except delay getting it.  They do more harm than good. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid19-travel-bans-1.5495919

I read that.  How do they know it doesn't work if nothing like this has ever happened before?

The virus can't spread to countries if it doesn't come into the country. But it's too late for that now anyways.
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« Reply #226 on: March 14, 2020, 07:56:36 pm »
I read that.  How do they know it doesn't work if nothing like this has ever happened before?

The virus can't spread to countries if it doesn't come into the country. But it's too late for that now anyways.

That’s stunningly ignorant to think this is the 1st pandemic-level event.
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« Reply #227 on: March 14, 2020, 07:59:50 pm »
That’s stunningly ignorant to think this is the 1st pandemic-level event.

I'm saying this is the first event where worldwide travel is being restricted due to a virus.
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« Reply #228 on: March 14, 2020, 08:01:50 pm »
As i said, it's too late for these travel bans, the cat is already out of the bag.  But if countries banned travel from China 2 months ago things might be different. 
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« Reply #229 on: March 14, 2020, 08:07:07 pm »
I'm saying this is the first event where worldwide travel is being restricted due to a virus.

Nonsense.   Medical experts have certainly studied this.
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« Reply #230 on: March 14, 2020, 08:29:54 pm »
I'm saying this is the first event where worldwide travel is being restricted due to a virus.

Travel bans range as far back in history as the Black Plague. More recently of course you may recall Ebola, SARS, and there are others.

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« Reply #231 on: March 14, 2020, 10:13:40 pm »
Travel bans range as far back in history as the Black Plague. More recently of course you may recall Ebola, SARS, and there are others.

Canada and everywhere else are restricting travel for a reason.  People are cancelling vacations for a reason.
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« Reply #232 on: March 14, 2020, 10:31:53 pm »
Canada and everywhere else are restricting travel for a reason.  People are cancelling vacations for a reason.

But you realize your statement that this is the first time this has happened is totally false.

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« Reply #233 on: March 14, 2020, 10:43:49 pm »
But you realize your statement that this is the first time this has happened is totally false.

There's never been a worldwide restriction on travel like this.  Not that I remember.
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« Reply #234 on: March 14, 2020, 11:10:55 pm »
There's never been a worldwide restriction on travel like this.  Not that I remember.

This one is bigger than previous ones for sure. But definitely not the first due to viruses.

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« Reply #235 on: March 15, 2020, 03:06:43 am »
Canada and everywhere else are restricting travel for a reason.  People are cancelling vacations for a reason.

So because it’s happening, that makes the actual experts wrong?   
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Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #236 on: March 15, 2020, 07:10:08 am »

The virus can't spread to countries if it doesn't come into the country. But it's too late for that now anyways.

Have you not seen the 'push down the curve' meme ?  The idea is to stop it from spreading quickly and overwhelming health systems.

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« Reply #238 on: March 15, 2020, 11:54:17 am »
market rulz - yes?

Germany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine

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Germany’s Health Ministry confirmed a report in newspaper Welt am Sonntag, which said President Donald Trump had offered funds to lure the company CureVac to the United States, and the German government was making counter-offers to tempt it to stay.

Contacted by Reuters, a spokeswoman for the German Health Ministry said: “We confirm the report in the Welt am Sonntag.”

Welt am Sonntag quoted an unidentified German government source as saying Trump was trying to secure the scientists’ work exclusively, and would do anything to get a vaccine for the United States, “but only for the United States.”

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« Reply #239 on: March 15, 2020, 03:18:24 pm »
What a worm, but is anyone surprised. Now the guy who doesn't believe in science is desperate for science to save his ass.
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