impact of travel restrictions

[KKr]

an interesting article in the Economist this week about benefits and consequences of travel restrictions.

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/08/14/most-covid-19-travel-restrictions-should-be-scrapped

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Thailand bans entry from some countries and requires all other travellers to submit to a two-week quarantine. Yet of 21,038 cases identified on August 10th, only 19 were imported. Once a variant of the virus has started to spread in the local population, infections double every couple of weeks. Entry bans make very little difference to the total caseload.
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whether you agree or not, an informative read !

 

[BritManToo]

10 minutes ago, KKr said:

whether you agree or not, an informative read !

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[CharlieH]

CLOSED.

 

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