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Ban them at least until they've gone though their wave.
As long as its a pre-departure test, it means nothing. >

I suppose, at least, it would be helpful to identify any potentially dangerous mutations as early as possible.
Does letting it rip through a billion people increase the chances of mutation, or not since it can spread rapidly and without obstacle? >

Think of every infected person as a new chance for the virus to mutate. There's likely to be tonnes of new variants emerge as a result of the huge surge in China. >

Probably closer to every infected cell in every infected person as a new chance, but yeah, not great no matter how you slice it >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 43%. (I'm a bot)


The UK is set to announce that passengers coming from China will have to provide a negative Covid test before they travel to Britain.
The UK has become the latest nation to bring in screening for travellers from China after cases surged following Beijing's decision to relax its zero-Covid policy.
It is understood the UK will demand a negative test before travellers can board a flight from mainland China - bringing Britain into line with the approach taken by the US. While the announcement has not yet been formally made, the UK defence secretary confirmed on Friday that the government was reviewing the need for testing for passengers from China.


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