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Since I personally am within 3 feet of at least 30 or more people a day then no, I'm certainly concerned. It might as well be airborn to me and the many people who work closely with the public, or use public transport or go shopping, use the restroom in crowded public places, or eat out, etc....
How many shops can we afford to close after an infected person goes shopping, or how many planes can we take out of service for deep cleaning?
We need to do everything, including travel restrictions, to stop this before it gets worse. I would assume that would be a given, but apparently it's just the thought of us layman.
From what I've been listening to the major reason they (CDC) doesn't want travel restrictions is that it would negatively impact the economy of the countries involved.
I find it interesting (NOT surprising) that once again it comes down to money vs lives and money wins.
"...Airborne and droplet transmission both technically travel through the air to infect others; the difference lies in the size of the infective particles. Smaller droplets persist in the air longer and are able to travel farther- these droplets are truly “airborne.” Larger droplets can neither travel as far nor persist for very long..."
From what I've been listening to the major reason they (CDC) doesn't want travel restrictions is that it would negatively impact the economy of the countries involved.
I find it interesting (NOT surprising) that once again it comes down to money vs lives and money wins.
Well I'm not expert but I believe once it's here it's here and can crop up again in the future like it does in Africa. Hope I'm wrong. I'm sure one of the Ebola experts will chime in.
It's a evolving disease like most.It will be here then with the wind gone.
Actually the economies that were being talked about were not the U.S. but the African countries.
Yes, because what has been effecting our economy is closing and cleaning everything these people touch, and that's of no cocern since it's just our local economy.
From what I've been listening to the major reason they (CDC) doesn't want travel restrictions is that it would negatively impact the economy of the countries involved.
I find it interesting (NOT surprising) that once again it comes down to money vs lives and money wins.
I always found that a strange argument against commercial air travel restrictions considering those African countries economies are not dependent on commercial flights in the 1st place. Seems that their economies rely mainly on natural resources and minerals that depends on maritime shipping which nobody is talking about banning.
I always found that a strange argument against commercial air travel restrictions considering those African countries economies are not dependent on commercial flights in the 1st place. Seems that their economies rely mainly on natural resources and minerals that depends on maritime shipping which nobody is talking about banning.
They state it would hurt their tourism.
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