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re: Breaking: A second health care worker has tested positive for Ebola in Dallas
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:52 am to Pilot Tiger
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:52 am to Pilot Tiger
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again captain hindsight over here
Hindsight or not, it's still a fact. And a ban could prevent future Duncans from entering the country.
I get your point about it being global, but what's the down side to putting a ban on travel from west Africa? Even if it prevents one case of Ebola on US soil I'd consider it a success.
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Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:53 am to Pilot Tiger
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people will just leave west africa and come here from somewhere else
Don't airlines have flight manifests for every commercial flight that comes into the US, regardless of where the passengers originated?
Wouldn't international flyers have to pass through Customs at the US airport when they arrive and produce a passport?
Can we temporarily restrict issuing travel visas to citizens of those countries?
It's frustrating when people shrug their shoulders and say that there's no way to restrict travelers from the Ebola Belt in Africa from coming to America. Our country's response has been to use questionnaires and ineffective temperature screening.
Why even try if it's not going to be 100% effective (shrug)?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:53 am to Pilot Tiger
quote:I have a Ghana stamp on mine. Should I leave?
because all countries stamp passports
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:53 am to Restomod
Do you think it's not traceable where he originated from? Jesus fricking Christ you people are stupid.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:54 am to Pilot Tiger
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I just don't think it would do anything to prevent further infections in the US, UNLESS, the entire world agrees to it
I don't understand "the entire world" part of the argument.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:54 am to Ace Midnight
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With...a...Liberian...passport.
So ban ever person from 3 regions in Africa?
Can you really see that happening?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:55 am to Pilot Tiger
It would do something. It's not a cure all, but should have been and should be a restriction as part of the overall response
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:55 am to Restomod
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So ban ever person from 3 regions in Africa?
Temporarily, yes.
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Can you really see that happening?
We've done it to Cuba for 50 years.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:55 am to Ace Midnight
so fine, America bans people with west african passports from coming to america
So people from west africa can still travel everywhere else, correct?
they can still come in contact with other people, correct?
So people from west africa can still travel everywhere else, correct?
they can still come in contact with other people, correct?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:55 am to Pilot Tiger
Kill everyone and destroy everything that has come in contact with this disease in the states, burn their bodies, bury the ashes, and close the borders. Otherwise we're all gonna die.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:58 am to ell_13
That restriction would save lives period. It does not eliminate the threat, but it's a basic step in the right direction. The US government is taking some wait and see attitude for some reason.
People will lie to get here, but why not make it harder for them to accomplish that goal? It reeks of incompetence.
People will lie to get here, but why not make it harder for them to accomplish that goal? It reeks of incompetence.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:58 am to Pilot Tiger
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Duncan lied to get here.
people will lie to get here
Well if we had a travel ban then that would neutralize the effectiveness of lying to get here, no?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:59 am to Pilot Tiger
Nothing is perfect.
I think there should be a quarantine at the bare minimum if yo have a stamped passport from an affected area.
Also enacting a travel ban does provide a secondary front and another set of screeners to catch a probable case in another countries borders
But nothing is perfect but in my world it's better to do something rather than nothing.
I think there should be a quarantine at the bare minimum if yo have a stamped passport from an affected area.
Also enacting a travel ban does provide a secondary front and another set of screeners to catch a probable case in another countries borders
But nothing is perfect but in my world it's better to do something rather than nothing.
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 7:01 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 7:00 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 10/15/14 at 7:00 am to Pilot Tiger
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so fine, America bans people with west african passports from coming to america
Yes exactly. There is absolutely zero downside to doing so. And even if that doesn't work, it's not like we're wasting resources and energy by saying hey you can't fly into America from these regions anymore.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 7:01 am to TigerHam85
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Do you think it's not traceable where he originated from? Jesus fricking Christ you people are stupid.
Too early to be this mad brah...
Posted on 10/15/14 at 7:02 am to Pilot Tiger
quote:am I missing something? what is to prevent the same thing from happening again?
again captain hindsight over here
a travel ban NOW will not prevent the 2 nurses from having contracted it
i think we can all agree on that
What is the harm in preventing people from ebola stricken countries from entering the country?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 7:03 am to Pilot Tiger
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they can still come in contact with other people, correct?
I don't know what to tell you - there are thousands of infected people in those 4 countries and only a handful in the rest of the world.
I didn't say it was perfect. It is risk management/mitigation.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 7:04 am to RollTide1987
Two healthcare workers get sick from one ebola case in which the patient died.....
That's a pretty crappy outcome for a developed country.
That's a pretty crappy outcome for a developed country.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 7:04 am to Chicken
You're not missing anything.
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