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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4434984" data-attributes="member: 63706">First, I didn&#039;t vote for Trump, and I am not defending him. I am only attacking your incorrect information. Here is an article that lays out the numbers and timeline. <a href="https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-trump-china-travel-ban-45a2da12-8063-4ad9-ba28-61cdeb1ce0b3.html" target="_blank">Direct flights from China brought 40k to U.S. after Trump coronavirus travel ban</a>Trump called it a travel ban, which is an exaggeration. They were travel restrictions. And the WHO, Scott Gottlieb, and epidemiologists advised that the travel restrictions were the wrong focus. You can say the travel restrictions were a failure because, as Gottlieb said, “we have to assume it’s already here and circulating.”As for the medical response, every state should have emergency preparedness plans for their healthcare systems. I do wonder why so many of those emergency plans weren&#039;t sufficient to handle this virus. I also wonder why we have a bunch of RN&#039;s sitting at entrances to medical facilities taking temperatures, or sitting at home on lay off (at least in my area), instead of helping to ramp up emergency response.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4434984, member: 63706"] First, I didn't vote for Trump, and I am not defending him. I am only attacking your incorrect information. Here is an article that lays out the numbers and timeline. [URL="https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-trump-china-travel-ban-45a2da12-8063-4ad9-ba28-61cdeb1ce0b3.html"]Direct flights from China brought 40k to U.S. after Trump coronavirus travel ban[/URL] Trump called it a travel ban, which is an exaggeration. They were travel restrictions. And the WHO, Scott Gottlieb, and epidemiologists advised that the travel restrictions were the wrong focus. You can say the travel restrictions were a failure because, as Gottlieb said, “we have to assume it’s already here and circulating.” As for the medical response, every state should have emergency preparedness plans for their healthcare systems. I do wonder why so many of those emergency plans weren't sufficient to handle this virus. I also wonder why we have a bunch of RN's sitting at entrances to medical facilities taking temperatures, or sitting at home on lay off (at least in my area), instead of helping to ramp up emergency response. [/QUOTE]

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