You missed my reference to “bodies”.
The government of the United States, Republicans and Democrats both, are dead set against a flight ban. Boehner and McConnell would rather die than agree to it. In order to impose a ban by political pressure (e.g., to force them what they do not want to do) will take months, and in those months, many infected West Africans will enter the United States and bodies will pile up. In fact, the only way to bring enough political pressure to achieve a flight ban, is to accept thousands of American dead on our soil.
A quarantine order is achievable. It exists in our laws. There is a branch of the government charged with carrying it out. The personnel are in uniform and drawing salaries. Most importantly, a 30-day quarantine would save exactly as many American lives as a flight ban, at much less political cost, and therefore could be done sooner. And time is of the essence.
Good talking to you, DoughtyOne.
Thank you Jim.
Jim, I’m not familiar with the service you reference. I can’t imagine McConnell or Boehner thinking housing people for 21 to 42 days would be better than a simple temporary ban for a few months.
On top of that, where do you keep these people? Do you keep them separate from each other? Do they mingle? If they weren’t kept separate this would just be an incubator.
Once you had infected people, you’d already have a hole new set of problems.
If you did keep them separate, you’d have acute anxiety issues. Some people can’t take that sort of thing.
I don’t know. Others have obviously given it a lot more thought than me if they already have a staff ready.
Thanks for the mention.
What exactly is the “ political cost” of a flight ban, a buck fifty?
Why why why???? Is the govt dead set against a flight ban???