by Kim D.
According to Daily
Mail, David Dausey, a top epidemiologist, is sounding the alarm bells. Now
is the time to ban all travel from Ebola-infected nations:
David Dausey, a Yale-educated academic who has been nationally recognized for his research on the spread of infectious diseases, says the bungling public health response to US Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan proves that the country cannot afford another case. "'The human errors in this single case highlight why it is urgent that we ban all commercial flights from the impacted countries to all non-affected countries until the outbreak is contained."
Dausey's claim adds
credence to a White House Petition created October 1, 2014. Have the FAA ban all incoming and outgoing flights to
ebola-stricken countries until the ebola outbreak is contained currently
has 22,291 signatures and must reach 100K by October 31st. The petition claims
The Ebola virus has reached unprecedented epidemic proportions in West Africa, and has been joined by another unrelated concurrent outbreak in the Congo. Experts had stated it was 'highly unlikely' that ebola would show up on American soil. But now it has, in the City of Dallas, Texas, brought here by an individual who entered our country from the West African nation of Liberia, where ebola is rampant. The citizens of the US are scared. We do not want any more ebola-infected individuals bringing the epidemic to our shores. The longer we allow people to enter our country from ebola-stricken areas, the higher the chance another person infected with ebola will arrive here, putting ALL of our citizens at risk. Please tell the FAA to ban ALL incoming flights from any/all ebola-stricken regions.
Is this more
fear mongering or the cry for government leaders to apply common sense?
Its obvious not all precautions are being taken @CDCgov @BarackObama @andersoncooper #banflights #EbolaOutbreak
— Jaye (@toinfinity81) October 13, 2014
Dear @WHO please stop letting planes take off from Ebola affected African countries to the rest of the world. Contain the virus! #banflights
— PetitePoupée (@sonia_6277_x) October 10, 2014
@RT_America Screening the infected after they enter the States is a bit late to try to contain the spread of the disease #Ebola #banflights
— Steven Dewitt (@BendWebs) October 9, 2014
Customs Agent: We’re Not Prepared for #Ebola – http://t.co/kEhNpzEwYN #ALpols #BorderSecurityNow #BanFlights
— Stacy Hyatt (@stacyhyatt) October 9, 2014
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