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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything points to the need to not allow flights from Liberia:  the nurse catching Ebola even with full gear, the reliance on people being honest as to whether they have symptoms, and how much more easily it seems to spread then the CDC has said.[/quote]

I think this comes down to whether or not you're okay with saving a few American lives at the risk of letting thousands of Africans die. Honestly, as an anxious person I can see closing flights, (though i understand the logistics of this) but really there's a bunch of stuff you have wrong. It seems like the nurse was maybe not in the best / most appropriate gear and her hospital was not imposing proper training / protocol / etc. And I don't think it's spreading that "easily." Still, it's obviously spreading and it's deadly when it does.

I'm not positive that, even absent the logistical nightmare, it's appropriate to close these communities off from "us." They'd still get in through other countries, anyway, right? There is talk of suspending visas - that might be more effective, but I'm not sure it's warranted at this point. I mean, maybe, but I don't know. As for the doctors and nurses over there treating people, I think they should enjoy the ability to travel back and forth - but maybe greater assurances that they're following proper protocol. [/quote]

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