Friday, October 3, 2014

She-Jack Prepares Houston for Ebola - Who Feels Safer Now? #EbolaQandA or #BanTheFlights

by Kim D.

While I am glad to see elected officials being proactive in the wake of the recent Ebola outbreak, somehow I don't feel safer. According to Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, Houston airports should be screening passengers arriving from areas where Ebola is currently active.
But, will that really be the best solution? When Thomas Eric Duncan traveled from Liberia to Dallas, he was non-symptomatic. Yes, he could have been questioned about what he did and where he actually was in Liberia to assess the risk he could possibly be infected, but Mr. Duncan could have passed such an inquisition easily without detection.

Unless the American government is going to ban all flights from infected areas or quarantine those arriving from these countries until it is assured that they do not have Ebola, more cases of this deadly disease will be seen with more frequency in the United States. Within this past hour, CNN reported a possible new Ebola case in Washington, DC, and The Right Scoop just released the breaking news that a Florida jail is on lockdown (quarantined) after identifying that a new inmate who had traveled to Africa is showing Ebola-like symptoms.

To help alleviate fears and educate the public on Ebola, CNN created a new hashtag on Twitter for questions: #EbolaQandA.
But is this a helpful move or fodder for CNN journalists? After all, trending hashtags receive loads of attention but rarely solve problems as #BringBackOurGirls has proven. Instead of feeding journalists questions, perhaps time would be better spent on promoting a better solution for protecting Americans:
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