Originally Posted by
iahphx
Despite the fear, there doesn't seem to be a lot of coronavirus in the USA right now. By noon EDT, we only have 6 new cases today and a grand total of 8 people hospitalized in serious or critical condition. It seems like common sense that we should do our best to keep it this way.
While the USA looks alright, I can't say the same about Italy. That area in northern Italy is reminding me of Wuhan. Italy has 769 new cases today. I know it's inconvenient, but can anyone tell me why any foreigner who's been to Italy in the last 2 weeks should be admitted to the USA? Similarly, every American who wants to return from Italy should require a 2 week self-quarantine. We effectively did this with China, and it worked. We can do it for 2 weeks and then extend as necessary. This is common sense. Let's keep this disease out of the USA as much as possible. Just because they're Europeans doesn't mean we should treat them differently from Chinese. A disease doesn't care about your nationality or skin color.
That is certainly a VAST underestimate of cases in the US.