Perspective: Past epidemics prove fighting coronavirus with travel bans is a mistake
Jennifer B. Nuzzo
Jennifer B. Nuzzo, DrPH, SM, is an epidemiologist with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Health Security.Despite China’s aggressive measures to try to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, which first emerged in Wuhan , the epidemic has continued to grow. Reported cases have surpassed those of the 2003 SARS epidemic, which was also caused by a coronavirus. Nearly 20 countries have reported cases, some of which resulted from local transmission. U.S.
Tempting as it may be to ban or otherwise restrict travel to keep the virus out, these measures aren’t always in our best interest. The World Health Organization has stressed the importance of responding to the novel coronavirus with “.” The WHO has repeatedly said that it does not recommend that countries restrict travel or trade to prevent importation of the virus.
These concerns are well-supported by recent history. In 2014, following two imported cases of Ebola, U.S. politicians called for a restriction of travel between the United States and West Africa. Several states announced plans to place returning Ebola health workers into mandatory quarantines.
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