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Virus Travel Bans Are Inevitable But Ineffective
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1944" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/23/virus-travel-bans-are-inevitable-but-ineffective/" target="_blank"><strong>Virus Travel Bans Are Inevitable But Ineffective - Foreign Policy</strong></a></p><p></p><p>When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus epidemic “a public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC), more than <a href="https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200207-sitrep-18-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=fa644293_2" target="_blank">70</a> countries responded by imposing <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/coronavirus-these-countries-airlines-restrict-travel-to-china" target="_blank">travel restrictions</a> against China. Global health experts <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/coronavirus-quaratine-travel-110750" target="_blank">overwhelmingly</a> decry travel and trade restrictions as <a href="https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-and-cruel-cost-closing-borders" target="_blank">bad</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/24/chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-has-prompted-some-travel-restrictions-that-could-backfire/" target="_blank">policy</a> and<a href="https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/panicky-responses-coronavirus-are-dangerous-heres-why" target="_blank"> irresponsible</a> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200203.393483/" target="_blank">violations</a> of international law. Yet governments continue to implement them, even though scientific evidence—and economic self-interest—advises otherwise. If experts can’t reliably prevent such restrictions, they must take steps to mitigating their most harmful effects. </p><p></p><p>Travel and trade restrictions take various forms. With this coronavirus, governments are <a href="https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/china-travel-advisory.html" target="_blank">warning</a> citizens not travel to China, and instructing those already there to <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51374056" target="_blank">leave</a>; <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/china-neighbors-close-borders-coronavirus-sars-1484978" target="_blank">closing borders</a> and <a href="https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/80016/Egypt-suspends-tourism-trips-from-China-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak" target="_blank">banning flights</a>; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/china-travel-coronavirus.html" target="_blank">barring</a> visitors who have recently been to China from entering the country; and implementing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/world/asia/coronavirus-quarantine-australia.html" target="_blank">mandatory</a> <a href="https://time.com/5780049/coronavirus-quarantines-united-states/" target="_blank">quarantines</a> for returning residents. In past epidemics, governments have also imposed trade restrictions, such as <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-flu-who-trade-exclusive-idUSTRE5432AL20090504" target="_blank">bans</a> on importing pork during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Such restrictions are ineffective and economically costly for all sides. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/china-travel-restrictions-cost-united-states-103bn-200204181931657.html" target="_blank">Initial estimates</a> are that U.S. travel restrictions against China will cost the U.S. economy $10.3 billion. They also have more insidious downsides: incentivizing countries to <a href="https://academic.oup.com/isp/article-abstract/20/4/344/5492460" target="_blank">conceal outbreaks</a>, hindering <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/03/fighting-coronoavirus-with-travel-bans-is-mistake/" target="_blank">response efforts</a>, infringing on <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2020/01/coronavirus-2019-ncov-china-quarantine.html" target="_blank">human rights</a>, and fueling the spread of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/world/asia/coronavirus-chinese-racism.html" target="_blank">xenophobia</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1944, member: 1"] [URL='https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/23/virus-travel-bans-are-inevitable-but-ineffective/'][B]Virus Travel Bans Are Inevitable But Ineffective - Foreign Policy[/B][/URL] When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus epidemic “a public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC), more than [URL='https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200207-sitrep-18-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=fa644293_2']70[/URL] countries responded by imposing [URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-02/coronavirus-these-countries-airlines-restrict-travel-to-china']travel restrictions[/URL] against China. Global health experts [URL='https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/coronavirus-quaratine-travel-110750']overwhelmingly[/URL] decry travel and trade restrictions as [URL='https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/coronavirus-and-cruel-cost-closing-borders']bad[/URL] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/24/chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-has-prompted-some-travel-restrictions-that-could-backfire/']policy[/URL] and[URL='https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/panicky-responses-coronavirus-are-dangerous-heres-why'] irresponsible[/URL] [URL='https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200203.393483/']violations[/URL] of international law. Yet governments continue to implement them, even though scientific evidence—and economic self-interest—advises otherwise. If experts can’t reliably prevent such restrictions, they must take steps to mitigating their most harmful effects. Travel and trade restrictions take various forms. With this coronavirus, governments are [URL='https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/china-travel-advisory.html']warning[/URL] citizens not travel to China, and instructing those already there to [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51374056']leave[/URL]; [URL='https://www.newsweek.com/china-neighbors-close-borders-coronavirus-sars-1484978']closing borders[/URL] and [URL='https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/80016/Egypt-suspends-tourism-trips-from-China-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak']banning flights[/URL]; [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/china-travel-coronavirus.html']barring[/URL] visitors who have recently been to China from entering the country; and implementing [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/world/asia/coronavirus-quarantine-australia.html']mandatory[/URL] [URL='https://time.com/5780049/coronavirus-quarantines-united-states/']quarantines[/URL] for returning residents. In past epidemics, governments have also imposed trade restrictions, such as [URL='https://www.reuters.com/article/us-flu-who-trade-exclusive-idUSTRE5432AL20090504']bans[/URL] on importing pork during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Such restrictions are ineffective and economically costly for all sides. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/china-travel-restrictions-cost-united-states-103bn-200204181931657.html']Initial estimates[/URL] are that U.S. travel restrictions against China will cost the U.S. economy $10.3 billion. They also have more insidious downsides: incentivizing countries to [URL='https://academic.oup.com/isp/article-abstract/20/4/344/5492460']conceal outbreaks[/URL], hindering [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/02/03/fighting-coronoavirus-with-travel-bans-is-mistake/']response efforts[/URL], infringing on [URL='https://slate.com/technology/2020/01/coronavirus-2019-ncov-china-quarantine.html']human rights[/URL], and fueling the spread of [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/world/asia/coronavirus-chinese-racism.html']xenophobia[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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