Posted 12/1/2023, 4:59:00 PM
GOP Senators Urge Biden to Consider China Travel Ban Over Mystery Illness Outbreak
- Group of 5 Republican senators wrote letter to Biden demanding travel ban on China due to spike in unknown respiratory illness there
- Letter calls for ban until more is known about dangers of new illness, cites China's history of lack of transparency on health crises
- Senators point to effectiveness of Trump's 2020 China travel ban as model for potential new ban
- China has seen rise in childhood pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses since mid-October
- Senators argue travel ban now could save US from death, lockdowns, mandates and outbreaks related to mystery illness later