The Ebola Thread (US Domestic)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I seriously doubt we need a US specific thread unless we get an epidemic of transmissions here.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yawn...

AAAAAAAAAAAH!  He's yawning!    Maybe he's got it!!  Dead memphis walking!!!

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Second Dallas Hospital employee(?) has tested positive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/ebola-outbreak-texas.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&assetType=nyt_now
On the bright side, the initial 48 people being monitored will be clear on Sunday, and none of them have gotten sick yet.

The bigger story here is that the person was on the monitor list and traveled to and from OH. The CDC protocol is supposed to restrict people who are being watched from traveling in "uncontrolled" transport, such as a commercial airliner.

And yet you advocate an extreme government overreaction and ban all contact with three countries.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yet another overreaction, this time here in South Carolina.

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[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

A.) That's not my point and you know it. I also noticed you still haven't actually pointed out why such a ban is a bad idea.

Enforcing it would be a horrible waste of resources.  It's not as if people from there would never consider coming here if we cancel the direct flights, so for a travel ban to be have any effectiveness, we'd need to do background checks on every passenger arriving here on any flight.

It won't accomplish its intended purpose.

Indeed, by making it more difficult to get assistance to West Africa where we need to send it if we're to get Ebola back under control, a total travel ban actually makes it more likely we'll get additional cases in the US.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Damn arrogant doctor.  He failed to remember that he could make a mistake.  At least he apparently was waiting for the full twenty-one days before seeing patients, but under the circumstances once he felt a little under the weather he should have stayed home until he was sure.  He probably didn't transmit the disease to anyone, but now we get to have three weeks of panic in NYC.