> Also you need citations for you claim that it would have been possible to stop the spread.

There's plenty of countries who stopped the spread early on. With a concerted, worldwide, coherent effort, we could have done much better and, likely, have stopped the spread months ago.

Unfortunately, this all breaks down in the face of rogue states like the US.

There are only some islands who are in the position to effectively restrict travel, and totalitarian states whose numbers can't be trusted.

Infection rates vary by countries, but a lot of it is driven by hotspot outbreaks . And some who seemed to be doing good at first are suddenly getting their hotspot outbreaks at later points.

Any nation is effectively an island if they close their borders.

So you are saying Trump should have closed the borders, a proposal he was heavily attacked for?

Anyway, it is more difficult for non-island countries and bigger countries with more global ties.

> Trump should have closed the borders, a proposal he was heavily attacked for?

A temporary closure in the face of a pandemic is somewhat different than closing them based on his rather colourful view of immigrants.