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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Mike Bird‏Verified account @Birdyword 13 Dec 2020

      Mike Bird Retweeted Arjun Kharpal

      This is only possible because China is a small island far from the initial outbreak of the pandemic.https://twitter.com/ArjunKharpal/status/1337967839320309760 …

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      Arjun KharpalVerified account @ArjunKharpal
      Woken up at 7.45am by a helicopter. Looked outside to see what was going on and these were the scenes from the Guangzhou Marathon pic.twitter.com/5cet6VaRPv
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    2. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Birdyword

      I understand the point you are making, but are you suggesting that if we dropped any democratic check on our governments & went with full-on authoritarianism that would have been better? S. Korea, Taiwan, and Japan all seem to have managed without compromising their democracies

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    4. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Birdyword

      I suspect that at the first signs of an outbreak in the event of a future deathly virus, the impulse will be to shut down the borders first. Taiwan starting banning people from Wuhan by mid-January. Had the US done the same, even by early March, they could have avoided it.

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @Birdyword @Mauerback

      Moreover, Taiwan did not ban people entering from China until after a dozen cases were identified in the country (on January 26th), at which point it's likely that there was a circulating outbreak anyway

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Dec 2020
      Replying to @GidMK @Birdyword @Mauerback

      I think one thing we have now generally seen is that travel bans are ineffective measures at the start of an epidemic, because by the time you implement them it's already too late. Very useful for long-term control, but not short-term management

      12:43 PM - 13 Dec 2020
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        2. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @GidMK @Birdyword

          On the contrary, they have to be implemented quickly, or it's too late. Both Australia and NZ introduced travel bans very early.

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @Mauerback @Birdyword

          I travelled from Milan, Italy to Australia (where I live) on February 24th via Zurich, at which point there was a travel advisory against China but no ban specifically. An outright ban was implemented mid-March. Not really that quick

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