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lpalv
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Posted: October 21 2014 at 11:08am |
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/221385-ebola-travel-restrictions-imposed
By Elise Viebeck - 10/21/14 12:06 PM EDT The Obama administration will require all travelers from countries affected by the Ebola epidemic to arrive at one of five major U.S. airports in order to undergo a health screening, officials announced Tuesday. The
move by the Department of Homeland Security comes as lawmakers call for
the government to take additional steps to ensure no one carries Ebola
into the United States. ADVERTISEMENT Now, people arriving from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be required to travel through one of those ports-of-entry to ensure they undergo an interview and a temperature check. The policy will take effect on Wednesday. At least this is a step forward! |
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The travelers can stop in a different country then arrive at a different airport in the USA, I heard. This isn't fullproof way to monitor who arrives.
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lpalv
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What's amazing to me is that this was done in a two step process and that this is "announced" as if they've really done something!
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lpalv
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and I love how proud the administration is:
"This is relatively creative policymaking," Earnest said. "This is a situation where the DHS had to work with the airlines that are flying passengers from a wide variety of countries from Europe to the United States. It did require some work with the State Department to inform other countries. So there’s a lot of coordination that had to go into developing and implementing this policy." Wow that is "creative" and "It did require some work...". Well isn't that your job!!!!! |
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Kay
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Yes, reminds me of looking busy at work when the upper managment arrive. In this case the public is noticing so they do something even if it's of no value.
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Elver
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Kay
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The Lancet assessment of the potential for international dissimination of Ebola virus via commercial air trave during the 2014 African outbreak says two to eight Ebola infected a month.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61828-6/fulltext
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CDC announces 21-day monitoring of anyone returning to US from Ebola-stricken nations |
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Kay
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Sorry for big letters. This was on a Fox news station 13 I think.
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gady71
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this is a smart thing from CDC . You can modify your font size anytime, Kay
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I do apologize for my poor english. Prepare for the Worst and Hope for the Best!
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Wall Street Journal
Ebola Study Projects Spread of Virus on Overseas FlightsUp to 3 Infected People Could Fly Overseas Every Month From Most-Affected African Nations |
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Albert
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People are going to be very weary traveling through one of those 5 airports. Almost like U.S. Ebola hubs. I don't think this will go over too well. When people realize their local airport will be a potential Ebola hot spot, and for their city, and it may in fact become that, there will be a backlash from the idea I'm guessing, which will lead to further restrictions and ultimately commercial flight bans from Liberia, which is the easiest. Then you have to wonder with the Liberians have any desire to go to these 5 cities. Not a bad idea on discouraging Liberian travel altogether.
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CRS, DrPH
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....this works great, except for a few flaws:
a) we are entering flu season, so there are likely to be a great number of false positives (yes fever, no Ebola) b) pubic health departments are already stretched for labor, so they have to chase these people around in the USA? c) I'm still of the opinion that Ebola virus is shed by an infected patient before the classic symptoms erupt. This whole argument about "you can't catch Ebola virus from an asymptomatic patient" feels like bureaucrats whistling past the graveyard! U.S. to Monitor Travelers From Ebola-Hit Nations for 21 Days By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. OCT. 22, 2014 Federal health officials on Wednesday placed new restrictions on travelers from West African countries with Ebola outbreaks, requiring that they report their temperatures daily for three weeks, along with any other potential symptoms of the disease. Beginning next Monday, under new rules issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all travelers who have visited Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia — and, presumably, any other country in which outbreaks might occur — will be required to provide home and email addresses, telephone numbers and other contact details for themselves and for at least one friend or relative. Once a day for the next 21 days, they will have to check in with their state or local health department and report their morning and evening temperatures and list any other symptoms, such as nausea or diarrhea. State and local health departments will be required to have plans for finding and potentially detaining anyone who fails to check in. Each visitor in these categories will be given a packet with a thermometer, instructions on its use, a card describing Ebola symptoms, and a card to be given to a doctor or nurse if the visitor develops symptoms and is ordered to go to an emergency room or other health care facility. The new restrictions apply to citizens of every country, including the United States. “They include C.D.C. employees, journalists, everyone,” said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, executive director of the C.D.C. They will be enforced starting Monday in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Georgia and will be rolled out in other states soon after that, Dr. Frieden said. Those states contain the metropolitan areas around some of the airports at which most travelers from West Africa arrive. The C.D.C. recently announced that all travelers to the United States who have visited the three West African countries must enter through one of five international airports where health officials are stationed to take their temperatures and travel histories, get their contact details and give them the packets. |
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