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Why travel bans will only make the Ebola epidemic worse
VOX ^ | 10/15/2014 | Julia Belluz and Steven Hoffman

Posted on 10/16/2014 11:47:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

The other thing that’s little-discussed is they still don’t know the source of Ebola.

They’ve now let it onto this Continent. Once it’s in the wild, we’ll never get rid of it.

I described their actions prior as ‘treachery’ (bringing it here on purpose).

I repeat that.

I still maintain that the current US Ebola ‘crisis’ is a manufactured crisis.

However, while it currently will likely mutate in Africa in its natural environment, if it gets into the wild in a new environment (the Americas), all bets are off and the Government can only blame themselves (and we will have to hold them to the fire).


61 posted on 10/16/2014 1:04:55 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: SeekAndFind

Druge twitter

62 posted on 10/16/2014 1:10:14 PM PDT by opentalk
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Looking at the expense and danger of having ONE patient with ebola, stopping just ONE traveler with ebola would make travel restrictions a great success. Don’t they see that ?


63 posted on 10/16/2014 1:10:38 PM PDT by evaporation-plus
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To: nomad

“So the only way to reduce the infections in West Africa is to let the infected come here and infect Americans, brilliant analysis. What next, we should fight house fires with high pressure gasoline hoses?”

I’ve stolen that line and forwarded it to a bunch of people. Maybe the meme can spread, and Obola can be Alinsky’d into changing policy.


64 posted on 10/16/2014 1:21:26 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: evaporation-plus
From AP Article linked at Drudge, result of one infected person ...

AFRICA STEMS EBOLA VIA BORDER CLOSINGS, LUCK

...Nigeria is another success story. It had 20 cases and eight deaths after the virus was brought by a Liberian-American who flew from Liberia to Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital of 21 million people, in July. Nearly 900 people were potentially exposed to the virus by the traveler, who died, and the disease could have wreaked havoc in Africa's most populous nation

65 posted on 10/16/2014 1:31:06 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: SeekAndFind
"Even when governments restrict travel and trade, people in affected countries still find a way to move and it is even harder to track them systematically." In other words, determined people will find a way to cross borders anyway, but unlike at airports, we can't track their movements.

Regarding the U.S., that will only work for most of them if they they are truly extraordinary swimmers.
66 posted on 10/16/2014 1:34:25 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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“Closing the border to fight Ebola is a dumb as putting a cast on a broken arm: After all we are trying to make the arm the way it was so why cinch it up to keep it from moving?” Thank you CDC, now shut the f$%k up and get out of the way. We have a country to save.


67 posted on 10/16/2014 2:06:35 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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“To completely seal off and don’t let planes in or out of the West African countries involved, then you could paradoxically make things much worse in the sense that you can’t get supplies in, you can’t get help in, you can’t get the kinds of things in there that we need to contain the epidemic.”

This man is an idiot. NOBODY is saying that we just close it off. We’re saying that ONLY the emergency personal and supplies be allowed in and out. And it should be done in a controlled way.


68 posted on 10/16/2014 2:22:56 PM PDT by Marie (When are they going to take back Obama's peace prize?)
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69 posted on 10/16/2014 2:41:09 PM PDT by IncPen (None of this would be happening if John Boehner were alive...)
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To: SatinDoll
If it’s such a stupid idea, then why have 30 other nations issued travel bans.

It must be "American Exceptionalism"...Oh wait...

Obola doesn't believe in that.

70 posted on 10/16/2014 3:17:28 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Closing borders would be a disaster...?

Only if Mexico dos not have catapults. /s

Historical comment, I have read that invading armies would catapult plague victims into under siege castles and towns.


71 posted on 10/16/2014 10:46:37 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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