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		JDiculous on March 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. will suspend all travel from Europe for 30 da... Why haven't they done it in Asia yet then since Coronavirus originated from and is more severe there?

taiwanboy on March 12, 2020 [–]

Excluding China (which they wisely banned early) and South Korea (one city daegu is the center and majority of infection) there is only japan with 639 cases. Europe has close to 20,000 cases.

But if an Asian country’s cases quickly spikes, pretty sure Asia will be shut down in travel to US

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