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Brussels is an Ebola stricken country? End ALL overseas travel?
There are flights from Liberia that layover in Brussels; it is here that there are connections to the US.
Do you think anything should be done to temporarily restrict those trying to gain entry into the US from the hotbed regions? A quarantine before entry? Any ideas?
Yes.
I think west africa needs to be quarantined.
Sure, some people might sneak out, yadda yadda.
But it's better than wholesale masses just flying in.
That's just silly/ridiculous.
I swear political correctness will be the literal death of a lot of people.
Do you think anything should be done to temporarily restrict those trying to gain entry into the US from the hotbed regions? A quarantine before entry? Any ideas?
I don't think a quarantine after landing at a US airport before entry into the country s a good idea. Getting to our country and into quarantine may become desirable because the CDC will treat anyone who become ill while in quarantine. Plus, they will expose people on the flight here. It's much better to restrict travel FROM the countries that have these illnesses. Let all the people who want to go to these African countries IN, but don't let them OUT of these African countries until they have been in quarantine for 21 days. After they have gone through a quarantine in the affected countries for 21 days, then they can get on a plane. In other words, close the borders of the countries with the virus from travel OUT of those countries to ANY other countries whatsoever. If it spreads here from what's already here, our own borders should be closed from people LEAVING the US too.
The guy who "wore the same shirt" is not "in charge of the CDC". He was Judge Clay Jenkins, director of the county's Homeland Security and Emergency Management. It was to drive home the point that you do not get Ebola from just being in the same air space with someone who has been exposed but has no symptoms.
Thank you for clarifying. I was walking through my living room while it was playing on TV, but to me he looked like Thomas Frieden with the CDC. I still think the authorities are being so cavalier about this to calm fears to the point where it breeds mistrust from the public and is actually counter-productive. I'm not reassured any time I see them on television making statements about how we cannot restrict travel (of course we can), or how hard it is to get from someone with the virus.
My daughter somehow picked up the idea at school that Ebola spreads like HIV/AIDS. I had to explain how difficult it really is to get HIV. It is blood contact only, like Hep C, but that Ebola actually can be found in other bodily fluids. This kind of disinformation may make kids and adults feel better, but it also may cause complacency. That kind of language is how a man from Liberia and showing symptoms of Ebola can get sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Complacency can be dangerous.
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I don't think a quarantine after landing at a US airport before entry into the country s a good idea. Getting to our country and into quarantine may become desirable because the CDC will treat anyone who become ill while in quarantine. Plus, they will expose people on the flight here. It's much better to restrict travel FROM the countries that have these illnesses. Let all the people who want to go to these African countries IN, but don't let them OUT of these African countries until they have been in quarantine for 21 days. After they have gone through a quarantine in the affected countries for 21 days, then they can get on a plane. In other words, close the borders of the countries with the virus from travel OUT of those countries to ANY other countries whatsoever. If it spreads here from what's already here, our own borders should be closed from people LEAVING the US too.
This makes sense It's neither an over or under-reaction. therefore, they won't do it.
My daughter somehow picked up the idea at school that Ebola spreads like HIV/AIDS. I had to explain how difficult it really is to get HIV. It is blood contact only, like Hep C, but that Ebola actually can be found in other bodily fluids. This kind of disinformation may make kids and adults feel better, but it also may cause complacency. That kind of language is how a man from Liberia and showing symptoms of Ebola can get sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Complacency can be dangerous.
There are flights from Liberia that layover in Brussels; it is here that there are connections to the US.
Do you think anything should be done to temporarily restrict those trying to gain entry into the US from the hotbed regions? A quarantine before entry? Any ideas?
Just deny them entry. Check their passport, and if they were in any of the "hot zone" countries within the last 21 to (say) 28 days, they're not coming to the United States. Period. Doesn't matter if you're actually boarding the plane in Brussels, Paris, or wherever - if you've been in one of the affected countries anytime in the last few weeks, you're not getting on the plane.
This could be done overnight; it's absolutely mind-boggling that our government doesn't even seem to be seriously considering it. It's just elementary. I was in San Francisco 6 or 7 years ago on vacation when the swine flu outbreak exploded in California, and I caught it. I was sicker than I'd ever been in my life, and mostly holed up in my hotel room the entire time. But when it was time to go home, I had a rather rude shock - Delta refused to allow me to board the plane. They put me up in a hotel for 2 or 3 days, until I was better and the hysteria had died down a bit. But on the day I tried to board, the media frenzy was at a peak, and I was flying out of a known hot zone. They wouldn't let me on the plane. I didn't like it, but I completely understood. I don't see any reason this can't be done now.
I'm really troubled as I read the story in the link. I suppose it could be updated and clarified at any time, but as of right now, they're simply saying that the other passengers on the plane were "allowed to deboard." OK, great - and then what? Did they all go out to the curb and hop into taxis? I want to know if they are being isolated. And if not, why not?
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