User blog comment:Orion Invictus/WHO declared China coronavirus a global health emergency/@comment-98.115.189.149-20200205184403

The worisome thing is this thing has a long incubation period, 2 weeks,during which it can be spread before symptems show up,  Even if it's not as fatal as some diseases, it might be more catching, and thereby can rack up deaths, plus it's harder to figure out who got exposed, due to the long window or incubation. It looks like the first plane of evacuated citizens are getting a 2 week quarantee on a military base. Allowing any travel from places with it means risking it might spread in new places. On the other hand, leaving your citizens to possibly get sick and die in an overwelmed Chinese system that might not care as much about foreigners, or be telling the whole truth about the epidemic  would be harsh. The risk is balanced by knowing that if you bring them home and some do get sick, you can give them best support care, that might be the difference between life and death.