Govt. Not Banning Flights from Ebola Hot Zones

whuedjjfhf wrote:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-02/doctor-boards-atlanta-flight-hazmat-suit-protest-lying-cdc

"If they're not lying, they are grossly incompetent," said Dr. Gil Mobley, a microbiologist and emergency trauma physician from Springfield, Mo. as he checked in and cleared Atlanta airport security wearing a mask, goggles, gloves, boots and a hooded white jumpsuit emblazoned on the back with the words, "CDC is lying!"

Having lived in Springfield for a few years, this does not surprise me.

I hope I don't live to see the end of the America I knew.

The thing to fear is not Ebola, or any other imaginary "disease", i.e. rabies etc.

The thing to fear and stay away from is the organization of medical predators, doctors of death, the CDC and their deadly vaccinations.

Joe Binks wrote:

Were a specific animal to overpopulate like that in a given area, we would, for their own benefit, severely cull their numbers.

Please compare the population density of S.E. China or India to Africa (you can even exclude the whole Sahara.

Joe Binks wrote:

Incidentally, on current birth-rate statistics, the white American (and European) will have virtually disappeared from the planet by 2100.

If by having a population of neer 1 billion, then yes, you are correct, almost extinct

Joe Binks wrote:

So Ebola is the last thing Americans should be concerned about.

Sometimes, someone comes to the correct conclusion based on the wrong assumptions.b

"Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Friday said restricting travel between the U.S. and West Africa would likely “backfire” and put Americans more at risk of contracting Ebola.

Appearing on MSNBC, Frieden was asked about

potentially prohibiting air travel between the U.S. and West Africa, where the Ebola outbreak is most widespread. He said that such a restriction would likely be ineffective and would make it harder for health officials to root out the virus."

What kind of clowns are running our nation? Just one more idiot appointed by our Golfer-in-Chief.

Let's see what more shit happens 21 days later.

Nobody taken seriously in public health is talking about a travel ban from Liberia or other affected countries. I promise you.

It is fun for us lowly health officials to see armchair debaters yelling at each other on the internet about our field, though. Usually the chair jockeys think they know best about economics or policing, so it's nice to know that idiots think they have some divine untrained knowledge about this stuff, too!

ridicuolusly wrote:

The government is so big and corrupt they tell everyone what to do and how to do it. If they can tell the Redskins to change their name, they can certainly prohibit airlines from flying into and out of West Africa.

What did the Redskins change their name to?

Yes Way wrote:

"Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Friday said restricting travel between the U.S. and West Africa would likely “backfire” and put Americans more at risk of contracting Ebola.

Appearing on MSNBC, Frieden was asked about

potentially prohibiting air travel between the U.S. and West Africa, where the Ebola outbreak is most widespread. He said that such a restriction would likely be ineffective and would make it harder for health officials to root out the virus."

What kind of clowns are running our nation? Just one more idiot appointed by our Golfer-in-Chief.

Let's see what more shit happens 21 days later.

Frieden is absolutely right.

I didn't know Rush posted here.

note from the pros wrote:

It is fun for us lowly health officials to see armchair debaters yelling at each other on the internet about our field, and the people we're killing with ebola vaccinations.

markschultz25 wrote:

most of those responding critisizing me are probably pretty young and naive. pandemics are not unheard of in America. There was tuberculosis and polio, and now thanks to our lax government, ebola is here.

The tinfoil hat you wear is more a health risk than ebola.

markschultz25 wrote:

most of those responding critisizing me are probably pretty young and naive. pandemics are not unheard of in America. There was tuberculosis and polio, and now thanks to our lax government, ebola is here.

No, the people critiquing you are amazed at how much of an imbecile you are.

Yea, Ebola is here, and banning flights wouldn't have done a damn thing. Claiming it's Obama's (or the government's) fault that Ebola is here has got to be one of the most idiotic things ever said on this board, and that's quite an accomplishment. The US Government has zero control over 90% of the flights into east Africa. If you'd paid attention you'd know many airlines DID cancel flights to east Africa last month but the WHO petitioned for them to renew them because it was causing more issues than it was solving.

The flight he came in on didn't come from an Ebola hot zone anyway so that pretty much sums up how moronic your suggestion is. Are you suggesting we ban all flights from Europe? Anyone that thinks banning flights to the US from east Africa is going to delay anything is nothing short of delusional. The only way to stop people flying (or even slow them much) would be to ban all flights period. That means all flights that cross into the US from pretty much anywhere, since flights from east Africa mostly go to places besides the US.

Can't believe I'm on the same side of an argument as Keith Stone here, but seriously, the guy in Dallas didn't arrive from Liberia. He came in from Belgium. That people can't even think through a scenario such as this is amazing to me. The 911 bombers who intended harm, unlike this otherwise benign fellow, arrived from Germany. One would sorta think that small-government minded people could sort this out for themselves.

And both of you are imbeciles. Thats what passport history is for. We can see their travel itinerary and prevent entry into the country even if they stop at 5 different countries before entering America. Oh, no, you didn't know we had that ability? Welcome to the past 50 years imbeciles.

Did the government ban flights to/from SFO when AIDS was taking off?

The whole idea is just stupid. Anyone who thinks that Ebola is going to ravage the US is an idiot. Infectious disease used to be the main cause of death in the US. Improvements in medicine and sanitation have changed this. Infectious disease is still a major killer in much of Africa because the same advances have not occurred there. Here, we can deal with a few cases of a potentially deadly virus without mass contagion.

markshultz69, has Nigeria banned flights from Liberia? What's happening to the outbreak in Nigeria?

Give me your feverish, your sick,

Your bloodied masses yearning for a hospital,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the infected, on death's bed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the contagion!

Assume the flight was direct from Freetown Liberia to Washington. In what manner would you screen all 200 passengers other than quarantine? Assume Freetown was the originating stamp on a passengers's passport, again how would you screen the passengers? The position you're taking is mindless. You're complaining about something you can't design a control for.

It will be too late soon.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/10/03/missouri-doctor-its-just-a-matter-of-time-before-ebola-is-carried-to-every-corner-of-the-world/

Hmmmm, perhaps the malady's name should be changed from Ebola to "Obama's Revenge"?