True, but that doesn't help matters very much now, if the the disease has already escaped a particular area.
The world has a vested interest in being more prepared to prevent millions of deaths worldwide, I would think. We need a strong authority to protect our citizens, after all.
I know this is rocket science for a lot of people, but, the defensive barrier (so to speak) needs to be set up further back now. It's *not* like we've passed some sort of 'point' that marks 'the end of the world' in terms of the spread of this disease. We are the *best* prepared we've ever been in history for such 'contagion'. So is the world for that matter ...