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Disaster in motion: 3.4 million travelers poured into US as coronavirus pandemic erupted
ABC News ^ | April 2, 2020 | By Pierre Thomas, Others

Posted on 04/02/2020 9:53:57 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

An ABC News investigation offers sobering insight into how COVID-19 has spread and penetrated so broadly, so deeply and so quickly in the United States.

Travel data of passengers arriving in the United States from China during the critical period in December, January and February, when the disease took hold in that country, shows a stunning 759,493 people entered the U.S.

"This is an astonishing number in a short period of time, illustrating how globalized our world has become. Just as people can hop continents with amazing ease, the infections they carry can too," said Dr. Vinayak Kumar, an internal medicine resident at the Mayo Clinic and a contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit.

While the majority of the travelers likely went to major population centers like New York, Seattle or Los Angeles, with so many arriving, any of the hundreds of thousands could have gone anywhere in the U.S.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University said the outbreak could have started as far back as November, and that there may have been hundreds of cases in Wuhan by early December.

ABC News examined data from December, January and February on travelers entering the U.S. from eight of the hardest-hit countries: 343,402 arrived from Italy, 418,848 from Spain and about 1.9 million more came from Britain.

Combined with those from China, that's more than 3.4 million people from just four countries -- nearly half, about 1.5 million, Americans returning home. Travel from Italy and Spain wasn't shut down until March 13, with U.K. arrivals restricted a few days later.

Among the millions of travelers likely were a number of biological ticking time bombs, passengers who'd later infect others at a rate at least double that of the typical flu carrier.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: borders; china; travel; virus
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To: Faith Presses On

Of course not, because they followed suit after the U.S.


41 posted on 04/02/2020 11:24:47 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Sans-Culotte

International round trip air travel from China to US isn’t all that expensive, about $1,500 for a coach seat. An Air China 747 can really tight pack them in, the average Chinese being a relatively small person who’s accustomed to living in tight spaces.


42 posted on 04/02/2020 11:35:30 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/02/02/democrats-attack-trump-as-racist-after-he-expands-travel-ban-to-six-new-countries-881994


43 posted on 04/02/2020 11:48:13 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Messaging to Snowflakes: They stole it from Bernie AGAIN!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Whoops. Wrong subject.

Here ya go:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-media-change-tune-trump-attacks-coronavirus-china-travel-ban


44 posted on 04/02/2020 11:51:16 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Messaging to Snowflakes: They stole it from Bernie AGAIN!)
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To: Robert DeLong

So why are we on a country wide lock down???

If his has been spreanding all over the country for three months...

Why not just lock down the Hot spots..


45 posted on 04/02/2020 11:56:39 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Meatspace
Most all off then flew into airports in California, Washington State and New York and the Democratic governors of those states did nothing to stop those international flights.

As per the US Constitution.

46 posted on 04/02/2020 12:17:33 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What is herd immunity and can it stop the coronavirus?

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615375/what-is-herd-immunity-and-can-it-stop-the-coronavirus/

“...even if the pandemic is drawn out over time, it may still take herd immunity to bring it to an end.”

Herd immunity is what the world has always practiced and will and has been necessary for humanity’s survival.

Did the explorers destroy the natives in America? Not exactly, they SAVED them from the coming invasion of germs and viruses.

Herd immunity, in the end, is how we survive. More so NOW than ever before.

“3.4 million travelers poured into US as coronavirus pandemic erupted”

“Travel data of passengers arriving in the United States from China during the critical period in December, January and February, when the disease took hold in that country, shows a stunning 759,493 people entered the U.S.”

Almost a MILLION people from CHINA!

How, in this modern world, of world travel, can we prevent this from happening?

Answer: WE CAN’T!

Mitigate, treat, and S L O W the progression. We can’t prevent it and we can’t stop it.

Trump is doing the EXACT right thing! Mitigate, treat, and slow the progression. Keep the hospitals from becoming overrun, speed up availability of supplies, approve new treatments and testing quickly (almost immediately).

Elder Americans should appreciate it the most! If not “slowed”, overwhelmed hospitals would have to resort to “triage”. Elder, high risk of dying anyway, patients would be left to do so by the tens of thousands.

ONLY by slowing the spread will hospitals have any chance to treat everyone and give EVERYONE a chance.

But when all is said and done, Herd Immunity will be the ultimate cure. Until the NEXT novel virus appears.

“Novel virus refers to a virus not seen before”. No immunity, no vaccine.


47 posted on 04/02/2020 12:18:52 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: faucetman

[UK] Coronavirus patients more likely to die may have ventilators taken away
4/2/2020, 12:33:33 PM · by Oldeconomybuyer · 19 replies
SKY News ^ | April 2, 2020 | by David Mercer


48 posted on 04/02/2020 12:25:22 PM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: FreeReign

Yep, they carefully avoid stating the number of travelers from China, which, if you do the math, is over 700,000. Then they carefully avoid mentioning Trump’s ban on travel from China which I think he put in place in January. I guess they were hoping we wouldn’t notice...


49 posted on 04/02/2020 12:40:02 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Hojczyk
Why not just lock down the Hot spots.

My guess would be to try to gain control of the virus once & for all. So hot spots don't keep cropping up here and there and then possibly returning back to here and there. I think with the success being witnessed with the hydroxychloroquine regime, we may see things easing up way before the end of the month.

Time will tell I reckon.

50 posted on 04/02/2020 12:58:06 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: VanShuyten

Abc’s covarage has been fair.


51 posted on 04/02/2020 5:18:37 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Zinc screws that crumble when you try to tighten them with a screwdriver. .................... That’s another peeve. especially if you decide to reverse it and it doesn’t move, just grinds the slot so there is not contact.


52 posted on 04/02/2020 10:11:46 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft ( #ReasonableDemocratsforTrump. Where are you?)
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To: LouAvul

“You did read the title, right? Enact the travel bans Trump suggested. But low level federal lackeys and people like you won’t tolerate it.
Go back to dimoRAT underground newbe”

Do they have smaller minds than yours on the farm?

Travel bans from our Allies in UK, Europe, Japan...?? yes, the 1930s called, you’ve got a train ticket home.

I’ve been here for a decade and I don’t remember it as thick as now.


53 posted on 04/16/2020 1:25:20 AM PDT by Lemon Curry
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