Originally Posted by
bobbytables
I wouldn’t call it severe. Trains and flights are still running and anyone with a work, medical or other good reason to need to travel is allowed to.
It will likely be ineffective. Hopefully other countries will learn from that what public health authorities and experts have been saying all along - travel restrictions are unnecessary and ineffective.
Since it can be spread by those without symptoms there's no stopping it. However, we will probably have a vaccine or treatment in time, the more we slow it down the fewer people will die before that happens. And by keeping the case count down we reduce the number that die because they can't get medical care.