Japan closed its borders Feb 03. No, I would not have closed the borders in March as it was already too late. Closing borders only works IF done before the disease enters; though the case for closing borders from infection regions would reduce the numbers of people spreading it with the partially closed nation. Closing borders violates no one’s rights unless they close them against their own citizens, which many countries did. No one has the right to enter any foreign land. That is what visas are for, they are the permission required to enter and they can be revoked at any time for any reason.
In the end the viruses get everyone. The preponderance of evidence has always shown that border closures accomplish nothing. This one's not about "rights" but cherry picking wa hat parts of the evidence we like and don't like.
Evidence for masking = evidence for bordure closing.
There is no evidence for masks working against viruses. However, for viruses that are transmitted person to person with no local animal reservoir, preventing potential carriers from entering during times of epidemics has indeed worked. How many of the diseases that have been epidemic in your life time have also spread through countries that barred entry to those who traveling from areas then in an epidemic?
Why is that, if viruses get everyone as you say? One reason is that those coming from regions with an epidemic are not allowed in countries that do not have it.
Covid? Sure, it never was as bad as they said and once it got in the community, little can be done except the three steps I outlined earlier. Most diseases do not require this, sadly they are applying it to everything, real and imagined. Yes, inappropriate for copied but that does not mean it is for all diseases.
Really? How about SARS 1? Ebola? West Nile Virus? MERS? Japanese Encephalitis? The once eradicated diseases in the US are again there once the border was opened to the sick?
I agree that for coronaviruses, none of this works, though IF a new one is truly out there, there is no way for it to travel across the seas unless brought in by an infected human of something humans are carrying with them.
Yes, once a virus enters a community, then there is nothing other than isolating the sick, quarantining those that had contact with the sick and letting everyone else go about their normal lives as scientists and doctors works on ways to deal with it. But, if not allowed into the community, then nine of this is called for. Not allowing people from infected areas into areas not infected can and has prevented spread into closed areas. Not always, for various reasons, including it was already there before it was known; however, preventing possible carriers from entering has long been used to good effect.
You woulda "shut the borders" in March. It was going around the world since 2019.
The vast majority of Canada's initial cases were Canadians mandated to return to Canada.
You CAN NOT stop viruses.
It's all stupid.
Sweden had less deaths than closed Australia.
The only thing to do against a virus is to get healthy.
Japan closed its borders Feb 03. No, I would not have closed the borders in March as it was already too late. Closing borders only works IF done before the disease enters; though the case for closing borders from infection regions would reduce the numbers of people spreading it with the partially closed nation. Closing borders violates no one’s rights unless they close them against their own citizens, which many countries did. No one has the right to enter any foreign land. That is what visas are for, they are the permission required to enter and they can be revoked at any time for any reason.
In the end the viruses get everyone. The preponderance of evidence has always shown that border closures accomplish nothing. This one's not about "rights" but cherry picking wa hat parts of the evidence we like and don't like.
Evidence for masking = evidence for bordure closing.
There is no evidence for masks working against viruses. However, for viruses that are transmitted person to person with no local animal reservoir, preventing potential carriers from entering during times of epidemics has indeed worked. How many of the diseases that have been epidemic in your life time have also spread through countries that barred entry to those who traveling from areas then in an epidemic?
None.
Why is that, if viruses get everyone as you say? One reason is that those coming from regions with an epidemic are not allowed in countries that do not have it.
So what if you catch it? ?????
It's this type of fear that drives hysteria.
Let it go.
Be healthy. Make peace with your finite existence.
We are meant to get sick, we are meant to die.
Hypochondria will shorten your life faster than viruses!
Covid? Sure, it never was as bad as they said and once it got in the community, little can be done except the three steps I outlined earlier. Most diseases do not require this, sadly they are applying it to everything, real and imagined. Yes, inappropriate for copied but that does not mean it is for all diseases.
Really? How about SARS 1? Ebola? West Nile Virus? MERS? Japanese Encephalitis? The once eradicated diseases in the US are again there once the border was opened to the sick?
None are "eradicated". It's simply medically irrelevant. Viruses will travel no matter what.
The definition of "pandemic" no longer has any value. Coronaviruses have a vast animal reservoir.
They are unstoppable.
We need healthier people, not more laws.
I agree that for coronaviruses, none of this works, though IF a new one is truly out there, there is no way for it to travel across the seas unless brought in by an infected human of something humans are carrying with them.
Yes, once a virus enters a community, then there is nothing other than isolating the sick, quarantining those that had contact with the sick and letting everyone else go about their normal lives as scientists and doctors works on ways to deal with it. But, if not allowed into the community, then nine of this is called for. Not allowing people from infected areas into areas not infected can and has prevented spread into closed areas. Not always, for various reasons, including it was already there before it was known; however, preventing possible carriers from entering has long been used to good effect.
Mandatory quarantines should be illegal.
There no stopping this stuff.
You're still hung up on not catching it!
You gotta let go!