The US took immense precautions just to transfer one victim to a highly secure isolation facility. Yet the US still allows commercial flights to and from the endemic areas in West Africa. This virus will not cause an epidemic in the US but if there is an endemic outbreak, this man will have to face the victims and take responsibility for his hubris.
If precautions aren’t taken, you will see catastrophic outbreaks in homosexual communities. Can you imagine the political fall-out of an outbreak in the Castro district in San Francisco, Pelosi’s home district? You’d be able to see a computer grid “fire trail” all lit up in terms of who’s been “doing whom” by lining up ebola cases with names. The ACLU won’t be able to file a lawsuit fast enough!
Yet the US still allows commercial flights to and from the endemic areas in West Africa.
You're right - it's compartmentalized thinking on their part...
If the CDC cared about AMERICANS rather than seeing themselves as 'citizens of the world' they would STOP ALL flights in and out of cities with ebola cases. It's not a sure bet, but it would go a long way toward stopping the disease from coming here.