If they stopped all the traffic from coming into the U.S., why are so many dying from the virus?

[kentuck]

If they did such a good job at stopping the traffic from China and other countries, how did this virus get into our country?

What specifically caused this virus to be so widespread?

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. I'll go with uninformed inaction and political opportunism to blame the Democrats on the CV-19 Hoax.

[iamateacher]

2. Are you trying to be logical?

This is a time without logic. People want black or white answers, logic is verbotten. (Sarcasm )

[GusBob]

3. They didn't stop all traffic, even from China

US citizens were allowed in

I think that answers your question

The virus spread because they didn't test

[MerryBlooms]

6. Rec. Still not testing in the numbers needed.

[uponit7771]

10. "The virus spread because they didn't test" and the WHO had the genetic sequence from China Jan 12

[Ohioboy]

4. Good question

The easy answer to your second question is that people were not taking the virus seriously, including Trump. When Democrats complained that Trump wasn't doing enough, he called it their (the Democrat's) next hoax to try and impeach him. He made it all about politics instead of about lives.

[MartyTheGreek]

5. Experts believe the total confirmed cases are estimated to be 10 X 105,792 cases...

Lots of infected and asymptomatic folks about hence, the stay at home orders and shutdowns to slow the spread.

Trump was informed in January that China was experiencing a virus breakout. He sent China 17 tons of medical supplies on February 8th as a good will gesture and still dragged his feet over what test protocol to use. The first CDC test was botched, the WHO protocol was offered, some were told to stop testing, then finally he relented and allowed State labs to begin testing. All of this delayed the response and only made the spread worse. Some say 3 to 7 weeks was wasted on social distancing and now finally, stay at home orders being underway in many States.

My take, I'm not an expert.

[roamer65]

8. I'd say it's more like 10 million, IMO.

8 million of those would think it’s just a weird cold or flu.

[roamer65]

7. Because in November the virus was only a 12 hr flight away from the US.

Wuhan is a city the size of NYC, thus a large international airport.

I am sure someone boarded a plane and unknowingly brought it here.

12 Monkeys redux.

[HipChick]

9. Bullshit..International flights are still coming in...