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  It isn't about stopping spread with this move. It is about making sure you don't have hundreds of thousands of infected streaming into the country over a short period of time causing a bit of spread that taxes the medical system a bit. 
  Also, it pressures China to share their data instead of saying only 7 have died in December. Simply put, they're not being a good partner by holding back current data.
context: ... starting January 5. Why not starting right now??!? >
  
  Damage will be done by then.  Just like last time, every minute wasted reduces the overall effectiveness of any measures taken. >
  
  Crazy part is. They would be blaming Trump for having a late reaction to shutting the borders while at the same time calling him a xenophobe for closing the borders. 
  I can't wait for the reddit hate boners. >
  
  Find a better hobby than watchin people get mad dude. Politics and whatever aside. Seriously. Go read some Calvin and Hobbes or somethin. >
  
  Solid advice. Just watching rhetoric in this echo chamber my dude. Seriously >
  
  Not just watching, trying to turn this into something defending Trump and about how "poorly" he was treated when it's nothing to do with him.
  It's almost like... different situations are different. But it's all Trump all day in your mind isn't it. >
  
  Um Trump was literally called xenophobic and racist for wanting to shut off travel from China when covid first hit. 
  Trump is an asshole but it's definitely true that this thread would be a lot different If the president wasn't a Democrat >
  
  Silly. Should be negative covid test for any international travelers. Like someone from China can't go anywhere else, infect someone, then that person comes here. We never learn. >
  
  Because it is about politics. Duh. You never gave a shit about everyone spreading covid over the past year including Americans which had a huge covid wave this past fall. Ridiculous. It's already endemic in the US and never going away. >
  
  Uh dude, it's kinda different to ban Americans from traveling to or in America. Acting like it's the same thing to promote some kind of narrative - which is obviously what you're doing - is disingenuous. >
  
  You kind of misread what I wrote. I obviously wasn't talking about Americans travelling within the country. I was talking about the absurdity of enabling travel restrictions now after 6 billion people stopping giving a shit about covid for a year and travelling everywhere. Ludicrous. >
  
  Here we go again, the same mistakes from 2 years ago from doing things halfway. >
  
  There was never a way to do things full throttle because of a desire to preserve the economy plus the vaccine didn't stop the spread >
  
  Should’ve always required it