[OutsiderFan]

I realize a travel ban isn't an economic sanction.  That's why I posed the question about economic sanctions.

If the world wants a country to do something or not do something, one of the tools is economic sanctions. China could say they aren't sending textiles to the U.S. until proper steps are taken to mitigate pandemic in U.S. If say, Pakistan is the only country willing to allow textile imports to the U.S., the prices for clothing in the U.S. would skyrocket. That ostensibly makes the public put pressure on the government to take serious action on virus mitigation.

Again, if I'm a country like Germany who knocked this thing down, how am I OK with supporting the U.S. economically, when it continues to put me at risk by not managing the pandemic in any serious way?  Think more people would be clamoring for mandatory mask wearing and prohibiting indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, if without it, clothing prices go up 200%, for example? This is what I would be organizing if I was Germany, France, Spain, China, and many others.

The United States, Brazil, and Russia, all deserve to be economically punished beyond free market based downturns as a result of pandemic, IMO. We simply must learn there is a severe price to pay for rejecting science and being selfish, so we stop acting like such fools.

[OutsiderFan]

I realize a travel ban isn't an economic sanction.  That's why I posed the question about economic sanctions.

If the world wants a country to do something or not do something, one of the tools is economic sanctions. China could say they aren't sending textiles to the U.S. until proper steps are taken to mitigate pandemic in U.S. If say, Pakistan is the only country willing to allow textile imports to the U.S., the prices for clothing in the U.S. would skyrocket. That ostensibly makes the public put pressure on the government to take serious action on virus mitigation.

Again, if I'm a country like Germany who knocked this thing down, how am I OK with supporting the U.S. economically, when it continues to put me at risk by not managing the pandemic in any serious way?  Think more people would be clamoring for mandatory mask wearing and prohibiting indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, if without it, clothing prices go up 200%, for example? This is what I would be organizing if I was Germany, France, Spain, China, and many others.

The United States, Brazil, and Russia, all deserve to be economically punished beyond free market based downturns as a result of pandemic, IMO. We simply must learn there is a severe price to pay for rejecting science and being selfish, so we stop acting like such fools.