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Why Would Quarentine Not Work With Ebola?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:53 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:53 am
I'm talking cut off all travel to or from those countries in Africa where the disease is running rampant with the only exception being specially vetted and controlled travel of healthcare experts to fight the disease along with the equipment and supplies they will need?
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Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:55 am to DD44
What about the 4000 American troops we sent over there.
Do we quarentine them when they get back?
Do we quarentine them when they get back?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:57 am to CherryGarciaMan
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Posted by CherryGarciaMan
What about the 4000 American troops we sent over there.
Do we quarentine them when they get back?
If we want to prevent a potential outbreak here yes. Quarentine them for 21 days and as long as they're not sick after that they can get the all clear. That's just common sense.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:57 am to DD44
It would.
To not do so is criminally irresponsible.
To not do so is criminally irresponsible.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 8:59 am to DD44
Because to do it now would make the brilliant decision makers who said we didn't need to quarantine/restrict travel look incompetent.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:01 am to CherryGarciaMan
quote:Quarantined? Certainly, if they're at high risk.
Do we quarentine them when they get back?
More likely, they will be treated just like moderate risk individuals were in Dallas. They'll be continually monitored X 21days. Earliest sign of SxSx, and it's off to an ICU isolation suit.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:19 am to SidetrackSilvera
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Because to do it now would make the brilliant decision makers who said we didn't need to quarantine/restrict travel look incompetent.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:23 am to udtiger
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It would.
To not do so is criminally irresponsible.
+1
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:24 am to CherryGarciaMan
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Do we quarentine them when they get back?
Absolutely. I'm hoping you don't think otherwise.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:27 am to DD44
Still waiting to see how Ebola would be handled SO much better here than Africa. With pressure washing vomit off the streets and workers contracting the disease, doesn't look a whole lot different ATM. Think we have a big case of "it can't happen here!!!" going on
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:29 am to Tiguar
quote:Pretty much, yeah. We live in a society where thinking is optional.
Think we have a big case of "it can't happen here!!!"
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:30 am to DosManos
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Absolutely. I'm hoping you don't think otherwise.
What gov't action should be and what gov't action is are often two very different things.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 9:56 am to DD44
In theory it would work.
In practice I am not so sure.
Even if you got most of the world to agree to it, there would still be some smaller carries that would still fly in/out of the infected regions. Even if all commercial carriers abided by it, people could fly in/out on private planes.
On top of that, even if you could completely lock down the airspace, people could leave the areas by other means (foot/auto/train) and then catch a flight in a non infected country.
In practice I am not so sure.
Even if you got most of the world to agree to it, there would still be some smaller carries that would still fly in/out of the infected regions. Even if all commercial carriers abided by it, people could fly in/out on private planes.
On top of that, even if you could completely lock down the airspace, people could leave the areas by other means (foot/auto/train) and then catch a flight in a non infected country.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 10:11 am to PJinAtl
I see what your saying and agree short of full blown military blockade there no way for a quarantine to be full proof. But would it not be better to have to worry about maybe one or two getting through here or there than what we have now which is for all intents and purposes a wide open front door policy?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:03 pm to CherryGarciaMan
I agree. But I'd rather a small group of soldiers get quarantined than have them spread it to a large segment of the US population and then have the government try and control that.
I'd rather government incompetence play out on a smaller scale and not a large civilian population. Plus it's military guys, not civilians. Different rules.
I'd rather government incompetence play out on a smaller scale and not a large civilian population. Plus it's military guys, not civilians. Different rules.
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:24 pm to DD44
That's why we're going to move Al Qaeda out of Guantanamo.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:28 pm to DD44
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That's just common sense.
this decades catch phrase
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