Idiot. A real travel ban would take that into account by requiring some period of time from their leaving an outbreak locale--say a minimum of 21 days--before allowing them to come here. Let Brussels be the quarantine center. Play that stupid tune somewhere else, Mr. Reid.
95% of confirmed cases have an incubation period in the range of 1 to 21 days; 98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval. [1]
Unless the sentence structure is somehow misleading, this passage appears to indicate the following:
• 95% of Ebola incubations occur from 1 – 21 days
• 3% of Ebola incubations occur from 21 – 42 days
• 2% of Ebola incubations are not explained (why?)
If this interpretation of the WHO’s statistics are correct, it would mean that:
• 1 in 20 Ebola infections may result in incubations lasting significantly longer than 21 days
• The 21-day quarantine currently being enforced by the CDC is entirely insufficient to halt an outbreak
• People who are released from observation or self-quarantine after 21 days may still become full-blown Ebola patients in the subsequent three weeks,
even if they have shown no symptoms of infection during the first 21 days.
(Yes, read that again…)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t they stamp your passport when you are entering or leaving a country? All officials would have to do is look at the stamp or is that too difficult?