The Hill:
The virus can only be spread by people who have symptoms. A travel advisory and sensible screenings is the answer. Not a travel ban. Damaging the economies of the affected countries even more, and making it even harder for aid to arrive to help ("What? We can't leave but we're supposed to let you in? Really?"), will only make a horrible situation worse. It's already doing so without a formal ban.
Hang in there.
Cheers,
Scott.
A travel ban to the countries facing an Ebola outbreak could paradoxically make the problem worse, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden said during a Saturday press conference.
Frieden said the CDC would consider any and all precautions, but warned that a travel ban could make it harder to get medical care and aid workers to regions dealing with the outbreak.
He cited the recent delay African Union aid workers experienced trying to get to Liberia.
"Their ability to get there was delayed by about a week because their flight was canceled and they were stuck in a neighboring country," he said.
The virus can only be spread by people who have symptoms. A travel advisory and sensible screenings is the answer. Not a travel ban. Damaging the economies of the affected countries even more, and making it even harder for aid to arrive to help ("What? We can't leave but we're supposed to let you in? Really?"), will only make a horrible situation worse. It's already doing so without a formal ban.
Hang in there.
Cheers,
Scott.