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Right now, today, while half the world is lockdown in their own homes, WHO is still advocating for unrestricted international travel.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...

Telling people to not fly across the world is bannable misinormation acording to Wojcicki's definition. Of course, it wouldn't be banned, because the actual rule is a much more subjective "whatever makes YT look bad to advertisers and PR"

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A big hinderance to containing the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014 was all the cancelled flights, since it prevented medical experts from getting to the impacted areas. While it seems counter-intuitive at first, travel bans do little to stop the spread (especially after it's reached other countries), but they do limit our ability to fight the pandemic.

http://www.flanderstoday.eu/politics/white-house-praises-bru...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ttpHvK6yw

Well this isn't the ebola epidemic of 2014 now is it? Rules that apply to countries with extremely deficient medical systs don't apply to the richest country in the world.

Where do you think most of our medical supplies come from?

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