Australia should have put a travel ban on the United States and forced return travellers into hotel quarantines in February, medical and economic experts say, as the US races ahead of Italy and China to become the largest centre of coronavirus cases in the world.
The US is responsible for twice as many imported infections into Australia as any other country. More than 85,000 Australian citizens return from short trips to the US every month and up to 70,000 US citizens visit here, the third highest rate in either category according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
On the advice of chief medical officers, the Morrison government resisted putting a travel ban on its most important ally until it sealed off Australia from the entire world, more than a week after it put a ban on Italy on March 11. It had cut off China in January and Iran in February before adding South Korea on March 5. The official US caseload had risen from 74 to 3,500 in the two weeks before the world-wide ban was implemented. It now stands at 103,942.
Professor Collignon said the deaths of residents in a Washington nursing home in February was a sign there was wider community spread than was publicly being recognised.Travellers from the US were formally banned by the Morrison government when a worldwide ban was implemented on March 15. All Australian residents returning home were also forced into self-isolation for two weeks from their date of arrival.
ErykBagshaw DER!
BenSRachinger ErykBagshaw Quite obvious Border also quite relaxing all the time
ErykBagshaw Meanwhile in the early days travel bans on china especially were labelled xenophobia. This isn't the China virus, it's the globalist virus. Nearly open borders means global pandemics are not only possible, but inevitable.
ErykBagshaw Yes way too late and why are some stores still open cashiers need to be protected they will end up being carriers everything can be purchased online and close all towns off except for food and medical hardware stores only for tradies
ErykBagshaw The Borders should have been closed immediately to everyone & strictly enforced. Too many have brought the ChinaVirus from o/s and still are!!!
ErykBagshaw But Hillsong
adamajacoby ErykBagshaw What are you talking about? There is no US travel ban. It went from limited bans (ie Italy, China,Iran etc) to complete ban from all countries. But never introduced a US ban.
ChristineMilne ErykBagshaw everything is so easy in hindsight. However Australian's are still flying back from the USA. The Australian's were bringing the virus back and then those selfish individuals were then not isolating. Ban all inbound flights now. Aussies have had all of March to return home.
ChristineMilne ErykBagshaw Look at these two clowns.. what did you expect?
ErykBagshaw Not sure if the CMO was behind not banning it was Mini Me ScottyFromMarketing not wanting to upset Dr Evil the pussy grabber. Can we ship both of them off to somewhere dangerous
kcarruthers ErykBagshaw Two dickheads in a pod
ErykBagshaw What experts. Names please
ErykBagshaw Of course it was.
ErykBagshaw You should have closed your borders Australia. Because The'delusional'president of USA did very little to stop the spread!
ErykBagshaw Shit. Is this newspaper is owned by CCP? It was China travel ban was stopped too soon
plalor ErykBagshaw More Monday Quarterbacks given a megaphone by SMH. Seriously is all the whining helping?
ErykBagshaw We all know that, but MSM unwilling to hold Morrison to account. Appalling.
ErykBagshaw Yeah politics first apparently
ErykBagshaw Most obviously
margokingston1 ErykBagshaw Experts, really?
hommedenature1 ErykBagshaw Hillsong.
ErykBagshaw We've been screaming that on twitter since late Feb
ErykBagshaw Australia banned all suspect people to an island and got blasted for it, now everyone who wanted them in mainstream society is upset!!!
ErykBagshaw ScottMorrisonMP will be late for his own funeral
ErykBagshaw We have more cases from Europe, US is the second. Too late for both of them.
ErykBagshaw Dumb and Dumber!!
ErykBagshaw It's too easy to say We should have done…, but it's not that case, the hardest part is to balance everything, no one wants to live without bread…
ErykBagshaw It took Ardern’s smart move to inspire Morrison to shut the door .Until about a fortnight ago Scott Morrison dragged his knuckles. Some say it was because of Hillsong colourconf ..how many COVID19Au diseased patients have been identified from that cohort of those God botherers?
p_hannam ErykBagshaw Didn’t need to be an expert to have had this view
ErykBagshaw So true. There was at least a week there where every new case was from US yet we kept letting planes in. Why on earth didn’t we see that the US might be underdiagosing? They have the worst health system in the OECD..
wendyleslie121 ErykBagshaw Our first cases like everywhere were from China (monitored), then Iran but quickly overtaken by UK & US, now cruise ships. The world is globalised, air travel's a virus spreader. Big border bio security failure by Home Affairs. Giant departments fail us
ErykBagshaw Experts? Who needs them? We've got Alan Jones!
ErykBagshaw No kidding, pure ideology!
ErykBagshaw Ya don’t say...
ErykBagshaw All they needed to do was to TEST every arrival at the airport. Now we have thousands of infected passengers roaming the population spreading the virus. Grossly incompetent and now trying to make us responsible. ScottaGo
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niltiac ErykBagshaw Like Der!!!
kangabella ErykBagshaw The warning was when the maligned Dr Higgins tested positive after trip to USA along with in excess of 20 other passengers. Instead of putting USA on banned list immediately time was spent being flabbergasted that doctors work when not 100% well
ErykBagshaw
ErykBagshaw Everything has been 4 weeks too late . They were warned in late Jan.
HkarterKarter ErykBagshaw Definitely. All cases going back even before Missy Higgins father were from people come back from visiting America.
ErykBagshaw PM pround of infected by American rather than others.
ErykBagshaw Here’s a novel idea, how about we concentrate on what we can change and stop listening to the armchair critics and their ‘woulda coulda shoulda’ hindsight?
ErykBagshaw Morrison didn't want to offend Trump, he knows how Maffia deals with dissovedience.
ErykBagshaw This was a very obvious mistake, which does not required any 'expert' to call it out COVID19Aus . I have no doubt that many Australians would have shared the same view, that the gov wasted weeks of time to execute 'US/EU travel ban'
ErykBagshaw Morrison is a major mistake !!!!
ErykBagshaw I don’t think you need to be an “expert” to come up with that conclusion 🙄
ErykBagshaw But - I also think we have to move on now and be careful because these conversations are going over and over the same material, ad nauseum. Anxiety, revisited. We know what to do better next time ie close down the border from all countries and test Australians when they return.
ErykBagshaw Very easy to say that now. 😤
ErykBagshaw They believed trump’s bs. He never had it under control. Swept it under the carpet in true trump fashion. That much was obvious.
ErykBagshaw Of course it was. The minister of home affairs brought it in and infected others ffs. The government was way too slow to put any meaningful action in place at our borders to prevent the spread the spread of this virus.
ErykBagshaw But aren’t “experts” advising the PM?
ErykBagshaw Really? I could've told them to close the borders 2 months ago. More proof that 1) the people in power are not smarter than the public 2) their first concern is not the public. And to think the times I applied for a government job and was rejected. smh
ErykBagshaw Scomo late to his own birthday party
margokingston1 ErykBagshaw You don't say!🤔
margokingston1 ErykBagshaw StayAtHomeAndStaySafe
margokingston1 ErykBagshaw
ErykBagshaw Could have should have would have...let’s talk about today and tomorrow and how we are going to all be respectful subtle for our health and mental well being! Yes you smh
ErykBagshaw True
ErykBagshaw Morrison need to be given some slack!!
ErykBagshaw Experts? ... with rear vision mirrors
ErykBagshaw And yet when President brought in the China travel ban in January, he was called a racist. You just can’t win with some people.
ErykBagshaw Amazing how many experts there are on this topic, including SMH journalists. I always thought journalism was about report the facts and not opinion. Silly me.....
ErykBagshaw PM did not want to offend Trump If we banned US Trump would go beserked
ErykBagshaw We have got a government which is a follower and not a leader. When our neighbour NZ has decided to Lockdownaustralia our leader still wants to put our hairdressers in dangerous and even said he would go to the footy.
ErykBagshaw Did Tom Hanks bring Corona Virus to australia?
ErykBagshaw Yes they kept listening to those Universities & tourism sectors & the people who thought voluntary isolation would work instead of the experts who from day one said 'this is new it is not influenza' so act early & use compulsory isolation, close borders & lock down
ErykBagshaw All the “told you so” experts should just shut up.
ErykBagshaw Again, who are the experts to which you are referring?
ErykBagshaw Should’ve, would’ve, could’ve! Keep moving forwards and stay strong in the hands of adversity!
ErykBagshaw Never saw or heard these experts 2 months ago... like tow trucks always arriving on the scene too late
ErykBagshaw Because of too late to ban US, They ruined my favorite Barossa....:(
ErykBagshaw Of course it did. And let's not forget the travel bans on Italy & South Korea that also took place too late despite all the public outcry.
ErykBagshaw Blah blah. Everyone's an expert after the fact.
ErykBagshaw True we were to late to close borders
ErykBagshaw Should ban travellers from Europe in February and then US in early March. Chinese students should not be encouraged and allowed to come back via a quarantine for 14 days in another country. Our govt just has no knowledge and gut to do anything.
ErykBagshaw Hindsight is a wonderful thing and all these experts that think they know better than the real experts.
ErykBagshaw Hindsight is a wonderful gift 🤪
ErykBagshaw Who's going to bear these costs of quarantine in local hotels for the Australians returning from overseas, presumably mainly from united states?
ErykBagshaw Hindsight is 20/20. Everyones an expert after the fact. You can only go by what information is given to you at the time. Whats happened has happened. Look forward, not backwards.
ErykBagshaw someone needs balls
ErykBagshaw Anyone with common sense figured this out months ago.... If the Morrison government had closed Australias’ borders before the first case of community transmission had occurred the economy wouldn’t be so far down s**t creek. ScottMorrisonMP auspol HerdImmunityByStealth
ErykBagshaw Hey journo! You must be very very very bored with your misinformation.....so go and have a latte and stay there! Our prime minister deserves a medal for what he is going through with his government!..idiot! ScottMorrisonMP
ErykBagshaw i think our pm is going ok.
ErykBagshaw backseat armchair experts. who cares. experts. what are you doing NOW to save you aussies? be safe. liberals/left please do the opposite of what the conserv's say. thank you for your cooperation. rip.
ErykBagshaw Was it a mistake for Australian unis to encourage Chinese students to return via another country?
ErykBagshaw Thanks scoop‼️ 🙄
ErykBagshaw This is obvious.
ErykBagshaw Here come the ‘experts’ again! Who are these people? Sure it’s not your opinion?
ErykBagshaw Ya think?
ErykBagshaw Experts suggest we should’ve used hotel rooms for quarantine earlier, can the experts explain how this was feasible? Sydney only has 25000 hotel rooms, many of which were occupied in February. This is nonsense revisionism.
ErykBagshaw All measures introduced by our govt have been too late.
ErykBagshaw Yep....but let’s all blame the Chinese students 😉
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