Posted on 10/18/2014 5:27:57 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
A ban on travel from West Africa might seem like a simple and smart response to the frightening Ebola outbreak there... But health experts are nearly unanimous in saying it's a bad idea that could backfire.
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Time for a name change—”rebranding.”
“Latest Ebola in El Salvador today October 17, 2014
StarMedia (Google Translate) ^ | October 17, 2014 | By: Candy Gomez
Posted on 10/18/2014, 7:32:21 AM by Oldeconomybuyer
... El Salvador launched a security protocol at airports, borders and ports and prepares to meet possible hospital acquired cases and 350 costumes for use biosecurity health personnel.
The health authorities have reiterated that all persons entering the country and originating from that area of Africa where there have been cases of Ebola, assigned the security protocol will be quarantined.
Maybe we should be following what El Salvador is doing, and Senegal did to be declared Ebola free by the WHO, instead of appointing a rat party hack lawyer to be our EbolaCzar:
Not having a No Travel Ban will work as well as not having Closed Borders. We are in for some hash realities very soon.
I Pray to my Savior Jesus Christ to show me the way and for me to find the Courage to follow. Amen.
It is not a Republican vs Democrat vs congress vs Obola question. It is corruption bent on destruction vs our survival that is at question.
Marxists are always fools and liars, the question is are we foolish enough to let them destroy us?
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Democrat Senators Kay Hagan and Bill Nelson have called for temporary travel restrictions and today, Republican Senators Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Jeff Sessions, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn sent a letter directly to President Obama demanding the administration stop issuing visas to people currently living in Ebola stricken countries.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216561/posts
I am not a poly-sci major so you certainly could be right.
I hope you’re wrong. He came out in favor of it two days ago. It was on Drudge. I had been calling his office for three weeks...finally he came out and took the right stand. (No thanks to me...I am not even his constituent...)
I thought that one of the congressional offices said that while Congress had the power of the purse, either Obama or another agency had to initiate it? I am on your side....
I am asking, not trying to argue with you. Thanks.
Good. Graham will join Cruz on this. So will Cronyn. They know which way the wind is blowing and that’s about all they know.
Mike lee is completely dependable and sessions is always on the good side of an issue. But Cruz called for this two weeks ago.
Pure propaganda. Medical experts unanimously agree? So they went out and found two political hacks that say the same thing... hardly unanimous. Nothing but propaganda.
Please call congress and tell them that we must be deadly serious about containing Ebola by strict quarantine within the United States and from infected nations. This is our right and our duty and it is THEIR duty to protect US.
Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121 or Google your congressman or senator and get his contact information and call him / her office directly. You can also call or go to their local offices.
I believe decisive response is urgent because you can’t put this Ebola genie back in the bottle once it gets out. It is a fire, it consumes all the fuel it can get and the fuel is people. The only way to stop a fire is to block it from the fuel or cool it with water. A vaccine or medicine to treat Ebola would be the water and we don’t have reliable, enough or any.
Every possible measure must be taken to stop the spread before draconian measures are imposed. What is being done now is sloppy. We are walking a dangerous road. The threat is blossoming by the day if not hour. Almost every hour there is some new Ebola development and none of them are good. This is a serious and potentially deadly event. Unchecked it could destroy or weaken the United States and facilitate our destruction by others. It has that potential for every country and that is why so many are responding with such strict quarantines. These consequences, no matter how small the probabilities, demand a full effort and significant response.
Ebola is being spread here in the United States right now. First Texas, then Ohio then? Terror is an excellent weapon. It disrupts, confuses, paralyzes and destroys a society. Many others and we on FR have speculated that terrorists may spread Ebola. How do you that remember 9/11 feel right now compared to what you felt then? Do you want to gather your loved ones near you to protect them? I do. Even more than I did on September 11, 2001! Isn’t this passive response by this administration accomplishing the very same things a terrorist would want?
When something is being done that makes as little sense as what Obama is doing there has to be some other reason. I leave it to you dear reader to draw your own conclusions as to the reasons.
What is happening now is insane. It makes no sense at all. For example the head of CDC says: “Stopping travel from Africa won’t do any good because you have to get people into Africa to fight Ebola.” “You can’t get Ebola from an infected person on a bus but an infected person should never be on a bus because he can infect others.” “Blocking travel from infected countries would damage their fragile economies.” What about ours? What about our safety? What about resources we have paid for that should be protecting us?
Even the most despotic dictatorship in Africa has acted to protect his nation by strict quarantine and stopping travel from infected countries. Even CDC, the UN and WHO advocate and credit strict quarantine for nipping the spread of Ebola in the bud at the source in places like Senegal and Nigeria where both have had faster and more successful outbreak controls than we have had here. 35 countries have stopped travel of people from infected West African countries. It is so obvious even a child could understand it so why is it OK for people from infected countries to travel here?
I will post this message and keep posting it until someone stops me.
For further reference:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216461/posts
This is more Orwellian BS.
Why don’t we just import as many infected West Africans as possible. We can track them and study the disease much better. If we get more cases, the medical system will become more experienced at treating the disease. We can identify all sorts of different mutations.
These f****** elitists need to face Nuremberg style trials. Lets face it, we have tyranny with Joseph Mengele followers running public health. Soon we will have mandatory flu and Ebola vaccines that will be designed to weaken our immune systems or kill us slowly. Then, they will round up anyone deemed infectious to go to treatment camps.
If we are so dumb as to accept their explanation for not implementing a travel ban, they WILL try the more draconian actions. History will judge Americans as being more willing to accept tyranny than the 1930s Germans.
A ban on travel from West Africa should have been done MONTHS ago.
A ban also, on visa from those countries.
Sure we need to cure the disease, but stop spreading it for now!!
Just saw a lib on TV saying reason they don’t want the travel ban is people will go underground... people could sneak in via travel from Europe ??? Ever heard of a PASSPORT OR VISA? Unbelievable the BS that is being spewed
IF health experts are all in agreement, it is either:
* as we see with global warming, no dissenting opinions allowed on air, like the BBC ban on dissent on the air
* no one wants to disagree, for fear of losing grants
* active suppression of contrary opinions by the federal government, a la Pravda
Thanks for the ping!
Yes, you got that right.
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