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Do COVID-19 travel bans work? Here's what happened when US restricted travel from China and Italy

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par Jeff Prince, Professor and Chair of Business Economics and Public Policy, Indiana University
Daniel Simon, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, Indiana University

The coronavirus was still a far-away problem in Wuhan when U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ban on travel from China in late January 2020. Six weeks later, as the coronavirus ravaged Italy, Trump closed travel from Europe.

These travel bans were highly controversial. Some people…

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