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Blogs > tazzerman2000 > Cosmic Debris Part Three!

In the imortal words of......  

tazzerman2000 66M
7132 posts
10/24/2014 6:09 am
In the imortal words of......


LTG Russel Honore, we're "stuck on stupid!" Now we have a doctor, just in from west Africa working with Doctors Without Borders, running around Gotham, bowling, taking the subway all the while infected with Ebola.

Heaven for BID we should institute a temporary travel ban.

Ok, ya don't want a travel ban for whatever resaon? Fine. How about we quarantine ANYBODY coming from West Africa for 21-30 days as soon as they hit these shores?

That seems like a logical and SMART thing to do instead of exposing the population at large to a disease with a 70% mortality rate and no known cure.

If you can't tell, I'm infuriated! I've just toned this post back quite a bit -tm
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spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
10/25/2014 1:32 am
    Quoting spunkycumfun:
    A travel ban won't work that effectively because of the incubation period of the virus. It would cause major disruption as well across the world.
    Dealing with the virus at source and screening are the best ways forward.
    Ultimately rich countries need to help poor countries to develop their health care systems.
I realise these three countries (four if Mali is included) are not major trade and travel centres, but a travel ban would be very disruptive in West Africa and the effects would just ripple out through Africa and beyond.
Because there are so few direct flights from these countries to America and Europe makes a travel ban even less effective. To be slightly effective, the travel ban would probably need to cover a very large part of Africa, which would cause even more disruption particularly if Nigeria and even South Africa were included in the ban.


tazzerman2000 replies on 10/25/2014 5:21 am:
It looks like Christie and Coumo are instituting the very quarantine that I was talking about themselves..

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
10/24/2014 9:52 am

 A travel ban won't work that effectively because of the incubation period of the virus. It would cause major disruption as well across the world.
Dealing with the virus at source and screening are the best ways forward.
Ultimately rich countries need to help poor countries to develop their health care systems.


tazzerman2000 replies on 10/24/2014 12:36 pm:
Dealing with it at its source is of course key, too bad the international community has dropped the ball BIG TIME.

I'm also wondering about that 'disruption' you speak of. I didn't realize that the three countries at the epi-center of the crisis were that pivitol to global trade/traveL? Is there even a direct flight from either of those three countries to the U.S.?

rm_booger1488 41M/34F
6 posts
10/24/2014 7:08 am

 I think a travel ban is great because then we are at less risk of the disease spreading uncontrollably. Would u rather have a deadly disease outbreak or b able to travel freely. I would rather live than b able to travel wherever causing a deadly virus outbreak.


humorlife 56M  
5710 posts
10/24/2014 6:18 am

 Regarding the cartoon... amen, perhaps, but there's a difference between "accurate" and "a source that reflects my opinions". I'll settle "comprehensive" -- as in, one that gives nuance and a good deal of information from as many perspectives as possible...

Fewer and further between as the days go on, I fear...
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tazzerman2000 replies on 10/24/2014 6:20 am:
These days, I'd settle for accurate and non-political/biased.

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