Ebola

[Puck it]

Reports of patient in DC now with symptoms. This is has the potential to get out of control. I would not want to travel now.

When are they going to lock the flights out of these countries completely? I know there are other ways out but flights have the ability to infect a lot of people fast.

 

[St. Bear]

 

[skiNEwhere]

Perfect solution



Not to mention, if you get caught in an avalanche you would probably survive for at least a day or two in it.

 

[Rikka]

I don't understand why the USA and other countries are still flying in and out these hot spots that have Ebola. Just crazy.


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[Puck it]

I don't understand why the USA and other countries are still flying in and out these hot spots that have Ebola. Just crazy.


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I know. What keeps another idiot from lying? There is pressure coming to stop them though.

 

[deadheadskier]

I definitely think there should be flight restrictions going to and coming from west Africa until they get that crap under control.

 

[billski]

My daughter is still appealing to us to travel to Uganda in January for a college-study program. How many ways can we say no?

 

[skiNEwhere]

Has the US said anything about setting up health checkpoints on inbound international flights? Seems like the next logical step if flights are not going to be temporarily suspended.

 

[deadheadskier]

Honestly, I think the onus should be on the West African nations who have a problem in restricting their people from leaving; not from the US playing goalie.

It would be a monumental task to play goalie because you would need the assistance and cooperation from other nations. That guy came here via a connection in Brussels.

 

[skiNEwhere]

Honestly, I think the onus should be on the West African nations who have a problem in restricting their people from leaving; not from the US playing goalie.

It would be a monumental task to play goalie because of you'd need the assistance and cooperation from other nations. That guy came here via a connection in Brussels.

Keyword being should. The guy in Dallas came from Liberia and lied on his exit documents, leaving US citizens at risk.

The cost of a US outbreak is way too high.

 

[billski]

Keyword being should. The guy in Dallas came from Liberia and lied on his exit documents, leaving US citizens at risk.

The cost of a US outbreak is way too high.

Agreed. Problem is, people bring illegal s#1+ into this country all the time, inspections or not. That's how we got all these predators who have no natural enemies, invasive species. It would be a logistical nightmare to test everyone entering the country.

 

[billski]

Honestly, I think the onus should be on the West African nations who have a problem in restricting their people from leaving; not from the US playing goalie.

Agreed. But they don't want to, arguing that a restriction such as this would economically isolate them, and cripple their economy.

 

[Rikka]

Ding ding ding there it is. like anything else Commerse trumps human being.




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[Funky_Catskills]

Oh ****... We're all going to die...
Hope it's treatable...

 

[Puck it]

Oh ****... We're all going to die...
Hope it's treatable...

It is if caught. But I would not want it. The guy from Dallas also connected thru DC.

 

[bvibert]

The guy from Dallas also connected thru DC.

Yeah, but the person in DC who potentially has it was in Nigeria recently.

 

[Funky_Catskills]

I think they'll catch it before you die..

I survived flying back and forth from Asia and Europe during the bird flu thing...
Countries setup scanners to check your temp as you walked through the airport...
People were careful... i was careful...

Nobody want to get sick.. But thats what happens... You get sick... You get treated.. You get better...

I'm not about to panic..

 

[Not Sure]

Those infared thermometers they use are a joke! Not very accurate

 

[Funky_Catskills]

Those infared thermometers they use are a joke! Not very accurate

These are scanners you walk through.. Pretty cool stuff..
They aren't supposed to be accurate.. just identify people running hot...

 

[hammer]

I think they'll catch it before you die..

I survived flying back and forth from Asia and Europe during the bird flu thing...
Countries setup scanners to check your temp as you walked through the airport...
People were careful... i was careful...

Nobody want to get sick.. But thats what happens... You get sick... You get treated.. You get better...

I'm not about to panic..

I thought that screening was/is in place now.

The guy in Dallas was reported to just be here visiting. Biggest transgression he made was not reporting that he had contact with someone who had Ebola, and it's not clear to me that he was intentionally lying.

The bigger worry I have is about screw-ups like what the ER staff in Dallas did. If someone from West Africa or who has been to West Africa in the past month shows up at an ER with so much as a sniffle they should be immediately quarantined and tested for Ebola. If this had happened I think the risk of others getting the disease would be greatly reduced. Ebola's really not easy to catch as long as one takes reasonable precautions...

FWIW I have travel plans overseas in the near future and I have no worries about Ebola...at least no more than I do about ISIS...