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WH: States to Decide What to Do If West African Travelers Don’t Self-Report Ebola Symptoms
CNSNews.com ^ | October 22, 2014 | Melanie Hunter

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.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cdc; ebola; states; travelers; whitehouse
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Fine with me.
1 posted on 10/23/2014 8:24:23 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: null and void; Kartographer; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; ...

More in line with the Constitution this way.

PING!


2 posted on 10/23/2014 8:24:56 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why are they even being allowed into this country?


3 posted on 10/23/2014 8:25:34 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Bunk them at the White Hut.


4 posted on 10/23/2014 8:25:38 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Since when does Obola FedGov delegate ANYTHING to the states? They’ve prevented states from tending their own borders and interfered with their election law.

Something doesn’t smell right here. Is FedGov letting it be known they are not all-powerful?


5 posted on 10/23/2014 8:28:22 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

So enforcing the borders is a state responsibility now?


6 posted on 10/23/2014 8:28:23 PM PDT by grandpa jones (obama delenda est)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Can we do the same thing with illegal immigrants?
7 posted on 10/23/2014 8:28:29 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Kicked the can down the road again....just leading from behind.


8 posted on 10/23/2014 8:28:51 PM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Really? Was the same authority given to all those illegal alien “children?” What a bunch of crap.


9 posted on 10/23/2014 8:28:53 PM PDT by Fungi (If you do not like my post, don't read it.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

All of a sudden Obama discovers the Tenth Amendment, just when we have a national emergency.


10 posted on 10/23/2014 8:29:16 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Haha PERFECT!!! How about all airports in all states (not part of the 6) restrict all air travel coming from those states? That’ll change the dynamic.


11 posted on 10/23/2014 8:30:20 PM PDT by Jarhead9297
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12 posted on 10/23/2014 8:30:56 PM PDT by SandRat (<Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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Hopefully, some states will make it a capital offense.


13 posted on 10/23/2014 8:30:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Ebola and Enterovirus-D68. Proud members of Viruses Without Borders.)
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The CDC said that 70 percent of "incoming travelers" are headed to six states – New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and Georgia.

Maryland "Freak State" PING!

14 posted on 10/23/2014 8:32:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
it will be up to individual states to decide what to do if these travelers fail to self-report,

Ha....so individual states can decide what to do

SO just deem ALL THOSE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN flocking across the borders as "NON SELF-REPORTING" individuals....

1. Arrest them

2. Incarcerate them for 21 days

3 Deport them back to where they came from...

Thanks Obama for attending to this,

15 posted on 10/23/2014 8:32:50 PM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: firebrand

This is just an attempt to avoid blame should matters get worse. Blame the hospitals....blame the nurses....blame the doctors....blame the States....blame the military....don’t blame US.


16 posted on 10/23/2014 8:33:01 PM PDT by plymaniac (2014=2010)
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To: ladyjane
Why are they even being allowed into this country?

That's a good question. I'm guessing one-world ideology.

17 posted on 10/23/2014 8:33:28 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Obama: “it’s not my job! You can’t blame this on me!!!”


18 posted on 10/23/2014 8:33:36 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hahahaha! So now he’s for “state’s rights” as long as it gets him out of doing something?


19 posted on 10/23/2014 8:34:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

20 posted on 10/23/2014 8:34:53 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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