no . When asked about these travel restrictions, Representative Nancy Pelosi stated, actually tens of thousands of people were allowed in from China, it wasn’t as it was described as this great moment . WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reported to say that widespread travel bans and restrictions were not needed to stop the outbreak and could have the effect of increasing fear and stigma, with little public health benefit . Reportedly, Representative Ami Bera stated that the travel ban probably doesn’t make sense since the outbreak had already spread to several other countries, that such measures were causing an antagonistic relationship with the Chinese, and such mandatory quarantines may be overkill . (16) Health experts have since noted that the early United States restrictions imposed on travelers from China saved American lives. Former United States CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden noted that the travel ban with China made a difference… It resulted in a significant delay in the number of people coming in with infection and because of that, that bought time in the U.S. to better prepare. . (17) On February 26, 2020, the United States CDC confirmed a case of COVID–19 in California in a person who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient with COVID–19. (18) On February 29, 2020, the United States CDC reported the first COVID–19 death in United States, though later public reports indicated that the first death from COVID–19 may have been weeks earlier. (19) In a 60 Minutes interview posted on March 8, 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that right now in the United States, people should not be walking around with masks … there’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better, and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And often, there are unintended consequences, people keep fiddling with the