Posted on 10/24/2014 3:17:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The governors of New York and New Jersey announced Friday afternoon that they were ordering all people entering the country through two area airports who had direct contact with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to be quarantined.
The announcement comes one day after an American doctor, who had worked in Guinea and returned to New York City earlier in October, tested positive for Ebola and became the first New York patient of the deadly virus.
“A voluntary Ebola quarantine is not enough,” said Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York. “This is too serious a public health situation.”
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absolutely.....score more votes for Cuomo....despite the fact that it’s too late....Like building a nuke shelter after the bomb has been dropped.
State Governors exercising leadership that Obama refuses to perform. Wonder if Obama will have DOJ sue them for usurping federal authority.
Bunch of idiots. And perry busy with plans for Ebola centers. All of them way too trusting of Obama and his henchpeople to not take glee in our destruction. They are all disgusting
A doctor traveling through manhattan after recently being near Ebola. As if people can be trusted to care for complacent Americans. As if the creepiest hospital staff member will act better than thes bunch of selfish ignorami
I wish someone would give us a freaking break
You're late, but welcome to the party.
Oooh, Prez Stompy Feet won't like a quarantine. IF one ariport does it, the rest better follow immediately. We all know who gets to foot the bill.
Quarantine tgem in Africa. Just duh
The staffer at my congresman’s office could not comprehend that who’d I suggested it nor was there such a block in her checklist
Quarantine them there. We managed it in 1847 and in 1893 and beyond, back when we weren’t a country full of drug addicted porn addict
Wonder if IAD, and/or ORD will do it? They are Obama’s home dromes.
“ordering all people entering the country through two area airports who had direct contact with Ebola patients”
I should think they would do that BEFORE getting on the plane and exposing everyone in it to the disease.
BTW, I’ve been telling people that if/when Ebola hit either D.C. or New York City, the rules would suddenly change. And now they have.
Cuomo’s and Cristy’s super rapid bipartisan no BS Ebola-stopping policy of “we’re quarantining them all” is interesting on a number of fronts:
1. It means these two governors realize how serious this situation is, even if that fool Obama doesn’t. These two know that a few more cases like the current one will grind their big cities to a halt.
2. These two are also daring Obama to f**k with them. Ordinarily, Obama would have his DOJ sue any other governor for usurping federal authority; he’s done that repeatedly to the southern border states. But Obama’s going to have a REALLY tough time against these two who are in bipartisan league. Not to mention, the country is going to come down REALLY firmly on the side of these two governors and REALLY firmly against Obama. Congressional partisanship has also mostly been rendered moot by their bipartisan action as well.
3. Obama has now been totally bypassed and essentially rendered irrelevant on the Ebola issue.
4 Unless the three other designated Ebola-entry airports take the same measures as New York and New Jersey, then all West African traffic will shift to those three airports, thereby keeping it out of of NY and NY. So these two governors have set up a win-win situation for themselves and their states: either the other three airports institute their policies, meaning the two governors have performed the national policy leadership that Obama refuses to exercise, OR all the Ebola traffic shifts out of their two states. If that’s not a stroke of genius, I don’t know what is.
4. All the “Progressives” that have been railing against quarantines by viciously attacking anyone calling for such measures will suddenly start supporting the quarantine position (”We’ve ALWAYS been at war with Eastasia”).
Basically, what these two governors have done is a game-changer at the national level.
Close down the pipeline from Africa.
Good for them!
Yes, good for them. Using the power of the Port Authority for good for once.
And, so far at least, a remarkable lack of grandstanding, which in both their cases is pretty amazing.
Bi-partisan common sense, GOOD!
They will lie about the contact with Ebola patients in Africa. The only thing that will work is to refuse entry to all African passport holders.
Big deal. Any person who has been exposed to Ebola would be wise enough to fly into international airports such in Boston, Philly, Atlanta or Miami, and then rent a car to drive to their final destination. This will only help if every international airport in every state takes part.
Bingo.
Or at least, OUTSIDE US space.
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That oughtta do it!
I would be thrilled if the Obama justice dept sued both states. Electoral backlash would be immense.
“I would be thrilled if the Obama justice dept sued both states. Electoral backlash would be immense.”
Indeed. Which is why he won’t. NY & NJ govs have checkmated Obama.
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