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New And this pro disagrees.
The Hill:

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.



New we are too stupid to take sensible precautions
the guy in Dallas was puking all over the ambulance, the emt's and his front yard. That ambulance was still in service 3 days after he was identified with ebola and the EMT's 4 days after the event still had not been contacted.
We know what to do, hand washing properly stops the spread of germs, so why in the fuck is the most infectious place for mers is a hospital?
Reporter comes back from covering ebola in liberia and is asked about whether they are carrying booze or tobacco. She asks about precautions and is told Oh, yeah we got an email or something.... check your self for symptoms, What should I check for, We don't know.

Cleaning cost money, cheap wages get people who don't give a fuck.
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
New MERS or MRSA?
I know hospitals have MRSA all over the place, but didn't know MERS was also a problem (yet).
New crock o'shite
Travel ban will not affect military/health transport, as pointed out in above link.
Yes, it will screw up their economies. Too bad. Time for a bit of isolationism.
Showing symptoms. Cough. Sweat. Standard cold or Ebola? Who the hell knows. Not like people don't sweat and leave it on the airplane seat all the time.
     Ebola: Game over - (crazy) - (35)
         no, kills too efficiently -NT - (boxley) - (1)
             nope - (crazy)
         The comments on that article are quite frankly unhinged. -NT - (jake123) - (2)
             Dude, you forgot the rule - (pwhysall)
             oh, agreed - (crazy)
         It lives in the woods - hiding there isn't a good idea. - (Another Scott) - (2)
             Thanks for that sane perspective.. kinda spoils the Frenzy. -NT - (Ashton)
             Quite a lot of those things live in fruit bats. - (static)
         Maybe I was a little too dismissive earlier... - (Another Scott) - (13)
             I was not gonna followup - (crazy) - (11)
                 But, you didn't account for Cuba's involvement. - (a6l6e6x)
                 only getting worse - (crazy) - (9)
                     You didn't read/see "The Andromeda Strain", did you? :-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - (4)
                         I don't think Ebola is radiation powered... -NT - (malraux) - (2)
                             Yeahbut... - (Another Scott) - (1)
                                 Right... the virus "fed" on radiation. - (malraux)
                         petit mal seizure triggered by blinky lights - (crazy)
                     Proportionality - (pwhysall) - (3)
                         Apples and Orangutangs - (crazy) - (2)
                             actually that is a good thing - (boxley) - (1)
                                 Last I saw, the mortality rate was 70% not 50%... - (Another Scott)
             look at the bright side - (boxley)
         and it hits another country - (crazy) - (12)
             What? A nurse infected? - (pwhysall) - (6)
                 hey, I'm married to a nurse - (crazy) - (5)
                     And this pro agrees - (crazy) - (4)
                         And this pro disagrees. - (Another Scott) - (3)
                             we are too stupid to take sensible precautions - (boxley) - (1)
                                 MERS or MRSA? - (mmoffitt)
                             crock o'shite - (crazy)
             There were 2 potential cases in the DC area on Friday. - (Another Scott) - (4)
                 Does any of this remind you of AIDS circa 1983? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3)
                     Scary diseases are scary. - (Another Scott)
                     no. - (crazy) - (1)
                         I was talking about the similar levels of hysteria. -NT - (mmoffitt)

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