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'Top Men' Waffle on Banning Travel from Hot Zone
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he was considering appointing an Ebola "czar" to coordinate the fight against the virus in the United States, but he remained opposed to a ban on travel from West Africa....Obama said experts have told him "a flat-out travel ban is not the way to go" because current screening measures at airports are working.He said he had no philosophical objection to a travel ban but that some travelers might attempt to enter the United States by avoiding screening measures, which could lead to more Ebola cases, not fewer. WTF? Jamaica announced an immediate travel ban on Thursday. South America's Guyana said it has denied entry to citizens from four Ebola-hit West African nations during the past five weeks. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta told reporters separately that the government was assessing whether to issue a travel ban "on a day-to-day basis." ... Frieden argued, as he has before, that closing U.S. borders would not work and would leave the country less able to track people with Ebola entering. Moreover, cutting flights to Africa would hit the U.S. ability to stop the virus at its source, he said. Another attempt to prevent any discussion of the core of the issue -- continuing to allow nonessential travel from the Hot Zone into the USA. Banning this nonessential travel does not amount to 'closing U.S. borders, nor to 'cutting flights to Africa'. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-10-17 |
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