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Another aspect of the CDC communication was the deliberate obtuse response that the CDC head had to suggestions of travel restrictions. "Centers for Disease Co
by rsync 12y ago
Another aspect of the CDC communication was the deliberate obtuse response that the CDC head had to suggestions of travel restrictions.
"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden warned Saturday that imposing a travel ban to the countries known to be dealing with an Ebola outbreak could make the problem worse, as it would cut off the affected areas from receiving necessary medical aid."
But, of course, nobody anywhere has suggested a ban on travel into the affected countries. And he well knows that.
EDIT: Here is a change.org petition that I created today which I think addresses the issue of aid workers and medical transfer patients, etc.:
https://www.change.org/p/barack-obama-and-u-s-senate-and-u-s-house-of-representatives-institute-quarantine-procedures-for-travel-out-of-countries-with-ebola-outbreaks https://www.change.org/p/barack-obama-and-u-s-senate-and-u-s...
- CanSpice 12y agoNot many people are going to fly into a country that has an outbreak knowing they can't get out.
- hga 12y agoThere's a zillion sane ways to handle that problem: for the not obviously infected, confine them for 21+ days of being nonsymptomatic. That would have caught our current index case (AKA Patient Zero). For the infected, send them straight to a hospital equipped for this, we've got 4 of them, our military is building one in Liberia right now, we could make more, and more beds in the ones we have, here and over there.
- bradleysmith 12y agoThis could be remedied by allowing 'new entries' after a certain time to exit with proper screening, couldn't it?