Op-Ed: The new coronavirus isn't a threat to people in the United States — but flu is
I am not usually one to criticize public health measures, but this one is overkill. Surgical masks aren’t just an inadequate protection against viral spread; the masks also signal that we should be deathly afraid of something that does not currently pose a threat and may well never do so.
Fauci says he thinks the CDC has done an excellent job of identifying, isolating and tracing contacts of people in the U.S. with the potential to be harboring the virus. At the same time, he says he remains deeply concerned about what’s taking place in China. “The way the trajectory is going now,” he said, “I see that it is likely to continue to get worse before it gets any better.”
We have a long way to go before we contain this coronavirus, but severe travel restrictions are a good place to start. The State Department is urging Americans toto China at this point, which seems like excellent advice if for no other reason than that the Chinese government may decide not to let you come home.
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