<< At a minimum, they should be detained in quarantine for fourteen days at the border. [Although logistics argue against this] >>
Not if they're all detained at their own borders, prior to departure for America!
America owes sick aliens nothing. They are not our problem, not our responsibility. And -- except for the nett three thousand criminal alien-arrivals per day who are already here and who are already draining our resources and are bankrupting our border states who of course we should continue joyfully starving ourselves and our own children to feed house clothe educate and medically provide for </sarcasm> -- we should never give them the opportunity to force themselves upon US!
>>Not if they're all detained at their own borders, prior to departure for America! <<
That was the point of my original post.
It would be easier, cleaner, and safer to terminate landing rights for any aircraft originating in or transiting Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Vietnam, or Canada.
Really.
We could do this today, no problem, and then we would have the leisure to watch the rest of the world problem solve the issues of hospital infection control, isolation, and quarantine.
It is irrational to counsel travellers to reconsider going to SARS hot zones while we have tens of thousands arriving every day.