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So - no flights being stopped? And as has been gently explained, passport stamps are worth diddly - and flight itineraries are not even official documents - even if they were to exist in printed form for all travelers.
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Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA
As my username may indicate, yes. And in my experience, stamps are pretty much a 50-50 proposition. And most countries will gladly accommodate a request to not stamp the passport. To say nothing of people holding two passports, not at all uncommon among those wth close ties to several countries.
As I said, a simple solution that's completely wrong.
Best regards,
Thomas
A net with holes is better than no net at all. Each arrival from those countries is another chance for a case that could go viral.
Jesus, the stupidity continues. It doesn't matter if there are no direct flights.
You can find those who travelled from Liberia via passport stamps and the passport itself. Not to mention flight itineraries.
You have not read this thread.
There is no requirement for passports to be stamped. Half the countries I have visited did not stamp my passport. People can also request their passport not be stamped and immigration usually accommodates.
Contrary to opinion, there is no international common database that contains all passport information and/or flight itineraries.
If the US had suspended all incoming visas from Liberia, this Duncan guy's trip would have terminated in Belgium.
If you really want to go that way you simply shut down all flights into the US until the problem is solved. That we can do and will certainly provide the maximum protection. And anything less than that is less than the most protection available.
Visa and passport controls will not work and it is inevitable that European and other countries will end up with Ebola cases. only question is when.
Skilled commercial travelers have been beating the visa systems forever. It does not work. Folk have multiple passports...in and out is not stamped. Visa are on removable pages. There are innumerable work arounds.
I believe that the Ebola patient flew from Africa to Europe, and then to the US. How would banning flights from Africa to the US have stopped the current situation?
Are you proposing that the world quarantine Africa?
I would. It makes sense. What lefties call "common sense solutions".
Obama said that he wouldn't stop flights to/from Ebola outbreak countries so aid workers can flow freely to help.
Obama said that it was highly unlikely Ebola would find its way in to the US.
Now that Obama is clearly wrong, should he admit his mistake and stop flights between the few countries with the Ebola outbreak and the US? Other countries have done this. Of course, special permits could allow aid workers to fly in to nearby countries and then travel in to Liberia, etc...
That would be very nice if for once in his entire life, he can admit he is wrong. However this is Obama who almost never admits to his wrong doings. In this case, it would be very welcoming to hear him admit they made a mistake.
Like almost all the time, if he comes anything close to admitting they were wrong on this issue, someone will be thrown under the bus but I would hope he admits they were wrong. A few cases now, we do not want this to grow and get out of control either. And if it does get out of control, thank your big White House.
Something like 320,000 persons cross the US-Canada border each day. Over a billion dollars in trade every day.
I'm sure it wouldn't be pretty. Lots of money lost on both sides.
I wonder if President Obola is going to blame George Bush for this...
There is no president named Obola and "Blame George Bush" for What?
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