Posted on 10/23/2014 8:24:23 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(CNSNews.com) – Individuals from West African nations who travel to airports in six U.S. states will be tracked for 21 days for signs of Ebola, but it will be up to individual states to decide what to do if these travelers fail to self-report, the White House said Wednesday.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest called it “an additional layer that will be based upon an effort to share information with state and local health authorities so they can put in place the measures that they believe would be most effective in protecting the populations of their states.”
Screening has already begun at New York’s JFK International Airport, Washington Dulles, and airports in Atlanta, Chicago, and Newark, N.J., to catch any travelers from West African nations who may have Ebola when they arrive in the U.S.
Earnest said “screening protocols” already in place have prevented “dozens of individuals” from boarding airplanes.
“And because of our knowledge of their travel history, we can ensure that the screening measures that are in place in West Africa can ensure that those individuals are not exhibiting symptoms of Ebola. There are dozens of individuals, who based on those screening protocols that are already in place, have been denied boarding,” Earnest said.
He sidestepped a question about whether the new procedure was a way to avoid implementing a travel ban as some have called for, saying the president is “not philosophically opposed” to a ban but that medical experts believe a ban would expose Americans to “more vulnerability at this point.”
“Can we talk about the announcement that’s coming out of the CDC that there will be 21-day monitoring of people coming in from West African countries? Is that a way to try to avoid a travel ban as some have been calling for?” a reporter asked Earnest.
“I think what it is, is to try to put in place the kinds of policies that we believe will do the most to protect the American people and to protect the health of the American people,” Earnest responded.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that these individuals will arrive to the United States “at one of five airports where entry screening is being conducted by Customs and Border Protection and CDC.”
The CDC said that 70 percent of "incoming travelers" are headed to six states – New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Georgia.
Beginning Oct. 27, “travelers without febrile illness or symptoms consistent with Ebola will be followed up daily by state and local health departments for 21 days from the date of their departure from West Africa,” the CDC said.
“And what happens if people don’t self-report their temperatures? Would there be possibly law enforcement coming to look for them? Would it go that far?” a reporter asked Earnest.
“Again this would be the responsibility of state and local officials in the states where these travelers are located, and ultimately, will be the responsibility of public health officials and in some cases, maybe even elected officials to determine what steps are needed to protect the citizens of their state,” Earnest said.
so the various States just "DEEM THEM RIGHT BACK" as "Non-Self Reporting Individuals"....and deport them pronto.
Bttt
Absolutely.
Mind numbingly stupid.
And now a second passenger has traveled from West Africa to the US, infected with ebola, and the screening did not catch them. The fact that the screening, due to the incubation period, will never catch more than a fraction of those infected makes no impression on these lugheads. They continue to endanger Americans with their idiotic policies.
I think the masterplan might be to bankrupt the states and bring them under the fold of the federal government.
Thanks for the ping!
“I think there are two different parts of that equation,” he continued. “The first is, if you’re a member of the traveling public and are healthy, should you be worried that you might have gotten it by sitting next to someone? And the answer is no.”
“Second, if you are sick and you may have Ebola, should you get on a bus? And the answer to that is also no. You might become ill, you might have a problem that exposes someone around you,” Frieden said.
Another Ebola Risk: It Eats Logic
http://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2014/10/10/another-ebola-risk-it-eats-logic-n1903406/page/full
Mark Davis: So because of concern over the fragile economies of West African nations, or the slight that we may inflict to thousands of people who pose no risk— because of those, we need to say, “Hey, just in from Monrovia? Come on in!”
Steve Bucci: The biggest reason is those kind of bans have historically been proven to not do what they promise to do. They don’t give you the level of protection as a society, whether it be a city or a country that it seems intuitively they would.
MD: We absolutely have the ability to say “If you have a Liberian passport, you’re not coming in.” Try to tell me why that’s not a good idea.
SB: Because it will waste assets and it will not work.
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
what you said!
Seems like the Obama Feds want states and locals to handle things when it is convenient to them but don’t want states to deal with non citizens at other times.
Go tell Arizona that they have the right to protect themselves against “immigrants”.
Yep, this is just another case of Obama voting present. I bet if the states try to actually do something meaningful to keep ill people out of the general population, they'll interfere and cause problems.
They forgot to add the obligatory, “If we restrict travel from ebola nations it will only spread faster.”
Deport them to D.C.
Seems simple to me. If someone fails to “self report”, simply isolate them with several weeks of food and water, and then DON’T TREAT THEM.
The idea is to blame any Ebola spread on the States and then Obama skates from any responsibility.
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