Posted on 10/17/2014 7:04:19 AM PDT by bestintxas
The CDC doesn't seem especially willing to contend with the subject of Ebola virus transportation via air travel. Not to a nurse calling the CDC with potential symptoms of Ebola requesting to take a weekend getaway to Ohio, and most likely to Congress in today's emergency Congressional Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on the Ebola outbreak, featuring CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden, NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and other directors from the HHS, DHS and FDA. Although Rep. Tim Murphy is reportedly going to try.
Yesterday, the White House reiterated that a ban on flights originating in outbreak countries is not on the table, so Patient Zero could be in a boarding lounge as we speak (errrr....write), and while they haven't given much rationale for their unwillingness to cut off the booming market for tourism to West Africa, it turns out most of their rationale actually is the booming market for tourism to West Africa.
Murphy, though, said he talked with Frieden about a ban. “And he explained to me that what the concern was that these are fledgling democracies and if we put a travel ban that that may affect their economy and harm them,” the congressman said.
“And I see it as, look, we can still move planes in and out there with supplies. We can do a lot. And we can help in every other way with economics. We can provide a lot of support to these nations. And the United States is doing it both to government and nongovernment organizations. A massive amount of charity is going to help these people as we should. But I just don’t understand the concept of if we stop flights in travel that would be a problem. I think we need to do that
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
In the meantime http://www.usa.gov/Contact/US-Congress.shtml
Rush`s number is (800) 282- 2882, good luck getting on but it worth a try.
IF: We ban travel and flights, we stop the individuals and infected planes from coming here.
We can then do a little arm twisting with Mexico, (and I suppose Canada too). You ban the flights as well or the American people, already p!ssed at illegal aliens, will demand the borders are secured or closed. And we may actually have the public support to push it.
Shah, you are not supposed to notice that.
Only afrikan countries seem to have the rationale to shut their borders. Our afrikan prez doesn’t.
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