[csjr]

This! I was thinking about this recently. How the politicians have failed to implement such simple policies?

[barry-cotter]

Blame the World Health Organization.

> Countries may gain time in the short-term as they limit travel to fight the new coronavirus pandemic, but the World Health Organization thinks overall that “it doesn't help to restrict movement," a top adviser to the U.N. health agency's chief said Thursday.

https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/13/world-health-organizatio...

[amanaplanacanal]

It probably depends on when you do it too. If it’s already widespread in your population, closing borders isn’t going to help much.

[fakedang]

That was in March. The messaging from Jan was pretty much the same, if not even more lax. The WHO is to be blamed significantly for not communicating properly.