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"When you completely seal off and don't let planes in or out of the ... countries involved, then you could paradoxically make things much worse. It's completely impractical and, in fact, from a public health standpoint, not helpful to do that, and I think every public health official feels that way." - Anthony Fauci
Why health officials say travel bans over Ebola are a bad idea
Oh, wait. He was talking about Ebola, which only kills 90% of the people it infects
“Even if we tried to close the border, it wouldn’t work. People have a right to return. People transitioning through could come in. And it would backfire, because by isolating these countries, it’ll make it harder to help them, it will spread more there and we’d be more likely to expose it.” -- Tom Frieden, DCD Director
Why health officials say travel bans over Ebola are a bad idea
Oh, wait. He was talking about Ebola, which only kills 90% of the people it infects
“Even if we tried to close the border, it wouldn’t work. People have a right to return. People transitioning through could come in. And it would backfire, because by isolating these countries, it’ll make it harder to help them, it will spread more there and we’d be more likely to expose it.” -- Tom Frieden, DCD Director