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[dex]

The people who travel to the U.S. from these countries want to be treated here if they become ill so I highly doubt that they would refrain from seeking medical aid if they came here from say Canada or another route.

[Dam Yankee]

Travelers have to show their passports to get across the border and that will clearly show where they've been, so the OP's argument doesn't hold water.

[Tinkrbl44]

On 10/24/2014 Caravaggio said:

Restricting? really taking the temperature of someone who is asymptomatic at the time of arrival does nothing to prevent them from entering or developing symptoms that will become contagious. They seem to have no problem in flying in from Brussels en route to the Us.

Oh btw, considering your in LA why don't you start demanding that LAX be added to the list of airports that they can fly into?

Huh? Demand LA be added to the list? Have you done much international travel?

When you're flying 7,000+ miles to come to the U.S., you land at the first border and connect to your actual destination from there.

[Ms X]

Enhanced screening gave the NY doctor the okay, allowing him to travel all around Manhattan for a few days while sick with Ebola. Clearly, this system is not foolproof and will result in more people with Ebola flying into the USA. Piers Morgan has a terrific column in the Daily Mail criticizing our country's approach to Ebola. England still has a temporary travel ban in place, as do other countries.

Until they can know with 100% accuracy whether someone has Ebola, further precautions must be taken, including quarantine for doctors and nurses returning from Africa and restrictions on travel from those nations. There is much they don't know about this disease, including how people wearing full hazmat suits caught it. Experts say the virus mutates and, though it isn't airborne, droplets from a carrier's cough or such can enter the lungs. Info about how it's transmitted isn't set in stone as it is for something like the common cold.

Just because a temporary travel ban wouldn't stop any and all doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. Some African nations have credited their travel bans with the eradication of Ebola among their populations. It can save lives.