I recently read a study stating that travel bans have a very small impact in curbing the spread of a virus. The reason being that there is no practical way for most countries to stop the flow of people entirely. In the airport and airplane, there are a number of air filtration systems that make it one of the safer places to be with regards to disease transition. That being said, I think banning countries is very political and is an easy way to show you are doing something in response to the new variant. Just last week the US banned people from a couple of countries in southern Africa. I really want to travel internationally next year so I…
I recently read a study stating that travel bans have a very small impact in curbing the spread of a virus. The reason being that there is no practical way for most countries to stop the flow of people entirely. In the airport and airplane, there are a number of air filtration systems that make it one of the safer places to be with regards to disease transition. That being said, I think banning countries is very political and is an easy way to show you are doing something in response to the new variant. Just last week the US banned people from a couple of countries in southern Africa. I really want to travel internationally next year so I…