A CANADIAN FRIEND WHO’S QUITE ANTI-TRUMP, BUT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CORONAVIRUS, GIVES HIS SPEECH AND ACTIONS HIGH MARKS. She also forwards this comment from elsewhere: “The travel ban itself isn’t that important. What’s important is that tens of millions of Americans who scoffed at social distancing this morning will not tomorrow morning.”

I do think that the travel ban is also important, and its far-reaching consequences, which I’m sure Trump appreciates, mean that he’s taking this problem very seriously indeed.