Lesson 10: International Coordination Was More Complicated Than Expected.

From a new report by Trust for America's Health.

Published: June 04, 2009

Despite advice from the WHO, some countries chose to close their borders to Mexican citizens or banned pork products from the United States and Mexico. These measures were not based on either science or reasonable public health practices and caused unnecessary economic losses. Once a flu virus is circulating throughout the population, containment strategies, like travel restrictions, generally will not work, given that it is possible to infect others before a person develops flu-like symptoms. Also, the effectiveness of some mitigation strategies implemented (face masks in Mexico) were overstated.

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