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To: MrB

Same thing.

The major companies in the US would scream. So would the smaller ones for that matter.

I remember some one (wish I had saved it) saying that after 911, you would never see an intentional stoppage of airline traffic again. It was simply to costly to the airlines, major businesses, and the public mood.

Sadly that is how decisions are made. Having a few thousand die of Ebola will be rationalized by “Well, at least we let the Cowboy’s season continue! Look at how many jobs we saved!”


70 posted on 10/01/2014 3:41:40 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

I think there should have been restrictions on people coming from that part of the world (West Africa), particularly Liberia and Sierra Leone. Halt travel to and from those countries (they’re not economically important) or make those travelers remain in quarantine. It wouldn’t have stopped it in the long run, since people would be evading security to get here overland, but it would have slowed it down.

The big hope is to develop a vaccine, because this is, after all, just a virus. But that takes time. So even delaying it is good.


75 posted on 10/01/2014 3:48:53 PM PDT by livius
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