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General Comments / Re: A Message from the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump:
« on: September 10, 2020, 05:29:59 PM »
“Italy banned travel from China the same day as the US did. Didn't seem too effective to me, so forgive me if I don't applaud Trump's wonderful move.”
Good ex post facto rationalization there Drake. So you think that it was purposeless? What would your reaction be today if Trump had not banned travel?
“Brazil was already on a trajectory at that time, and had more reported cases than China did at the corresponding time. Plus was being led by a guy who was downplaying the virus.”
You missed my point. Brazil had a history of effective of disease outbreak management, which is why I cited the article. Additionally, in case is eluded your notice; Brazilians are South Americans. Mesh that observation with the “racism” narrative.
“Iran on that date had fewer cases than Italy, but no Italian travel ban. I find it hard to believe that more Chinese were travelling to Iran than Europe, though it isn't easy to verify.“
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Iran.html
“Trump's travel bans were inconsistent and did not correlate to the science. Meanwhile, at the same time he declared the ban, he was talking about how it was all going to blow over and cases would be zero soon.“
Per CDC report, January 30th, Trump was in good company :
“We understand that this may be concerning, but based on what we know now, we still believe the immediate risk to the American public is low.”
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0130-coronavirus-spread.html
“The science”, by which I think you mean *data*, were in a nascent stage of development. It actually still is, however; what is fairly undisputed is the source of the problem, and the left failed utterly to respond “scientifically”.
Good ex post facto rationalization there Drake. So you think that it was purposeless? What would your reaction be today if Trump had not banned travel?
“Brazil was already on a trajectory at that time, and had more reported cases than China did at the corresponding time. Plus was being led by a guy who was downplaying the virus.”
You missed my point. Brazil had a history of effective of disease outbreak management, which is why I cited the article. Additionally, in case is eluded your notice; Brazilians are South Americans. Mesh that observation with the “racism” narrative.
“Iran on that date had fewer cases than Italy, but no Italian travel ban. I find it hard to believe that more Chinese were travelling to Iran than Europe, though it isn't easy to verify.“
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/Iran.html
“Trump's travel bans were inconsistent and did not correlate to the science. Meanwhile, at the same time he declared the ban, he was talking about how it was all going to blow over and cases would be zero soon.“
Per CDC report, January 30th, Trump was in good company :
“We understand that this may be concerning, but based on what we know now, we still believe the immediate risk to the American public is low.”
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0130-coronavirus-spread.html
“The science”, by which I think you mean *data*, were in a nascent stage of development. It actually still is, however; what is fairly undisputed is the source of the problem, and the left failed utterly to respond “scientifically”.