Why won't Obama impose a flight ban from Ebola-stricken nations?

[ScreamingEagle]

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Perhaps he sees himself a citizen of the world and would not punish nations in Africa who have suffered from being colonized by the West. He did call himself a citizen of the world in 2008 - while overseas.

Given testimony delivered this week by CDC head Tom Frieden it does seem that President Obama is the person preventing the ban from being imposed , ignoring the will –again-of the vast majority of Americans who see such an action as being a sensible precaution, especially given the incompetence so pervasive in our government. Protests have started across from the White House, complete with Hazmat-costumed people :

 

[AmericanGirl05]

We need a flight ban -- actually a travel ban for people from the affected countries. What we don't need is some political hack appointed for appearances' sake.

 

[blackhawk]

Political correctness would be my guess a travel ban on people from these countries would somehow be considered racist.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Don't you know it's "racist" to even suggest banning flights from those countries ?

That's what MSNBC has taught me !

MSNBC Just calling for a ban on flights from Ebola nations is racist US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum

 

[AmericanGirl05]

My guess too. His view that America is imperialist.

It's called keeping Americans safe. And he's not doing it.

 

[ScienceRocks]

The only way to stop this disease is to close it in and stomp it out. Letting it spread world wide is a huge mistake.

Would we let small pox or the black death spread world wide without attempting to close it off?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

The only way to stop this disease is to close it in and stomp it out. Letting it spread world wide is a huge mistake.

Would we let small pox or the black death spread world wide without attempting to close it off?

If you didn't want to let a "good crisis" go to waste you would. Imagine the potential for the UN to step in and finally put the final death knell on America as a sovereign nation - the nations bordering these infected nations won't even permit flights and no one is accusing them of racism. Look at how the PM of Belize just reacted!

The bottom line is you are looking at a plague of epic proportions and the blatant negligence at the very top echelons of government / including CDC refusing to be straight with the American people. What would you suppose their agenda is?

 

[Moonglow]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

 

[AmericanGirl05]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

The FAA works for Obama. Of course they said that.

When you say "the medical profession," who would that be?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

So, what does that have to do with medicine and flying ?

 

[Moonglow]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

So, what does that have to do with medicine and flying ?

What do you need a manual?

 

[ScienceRocks]

Letting it spread world wide is the worse thing you can do. People are going to die because of this that otherwise wouldn't.

 

[skye]

I am beginning to think Obama is not only incompetent but also diabolical.

Seriously.

Opening the borders and bringing enterovirus Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) that is making kids sick and killing some of them...and now rushing in airplane loads of infected ebola people from West Africa.....

and what do Americans do? take it........ and they like it too.

Nobody cares? Nobody?

 

[Moonglow]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

The FAA works for Obama. Of course they said that.

When you say "the medical profession," who would that be?

Dr Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has tried to explain why he doesn’t support a travel ban:

Importantly, isolating countries won’t keep Ebola contained and away from American shores. Paradoxically, it will increase the risk that Ebola will spread in those countries and to other countries, and that we will have more patients who develop Ebola in the US. People will move between countries, even when governments restrict travel and trade. And that kind of travel becomes almost impossible to track.

Simply put: you can’t seal the country. If you blocked air travel, it would force desperate individuals to use alternative routes – over land and sea – to escape the epidemic. They’ll still end up in the US, except you won’t know where.

Ebola Is Coming. A Travel Ban Won t Stop Outbreaks - Forbes

 

[Moonglow]

I am beginning to think Obama is not only incompetent but also diabolical.

Seriously.

Opening the borders and bringing enterovirus Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) that is making kids sick and killing some of them...and now rushing in airplane loads of infected ebola people from West Africa.....

and what do Americans do? take it........ and they like it too.

Nobody cares? Nobody?

Enteroviruses are constantly in the US so it was here before the borders were never sealed...

 

[AmericanGirl05]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

The FAA works for Obama. Of course they said that.

When you say "the medical profession," who would that be?

Dr Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has tried to explain why he doesn’t support a travel ban:

Importantly, isolating countries won’t keep Ebola contained and away from American shores. Paradoxically, it will increase the risk that Ebola will spread in those countries and to other countries, and that we will have more patients who develop Ebola in the US. People will move between countries, even when governments restrict travel and trade. And that kind of travel becomes almost impossible to track.

Simply put: you can’t seal the country. If you blocked air travel, it would force desperate individuals to use alternative routes – over land and sea – to escape the epidemic. They’ll still end up in the US, except you won’t know where.

Ebola Is Coming. A Travel Ban Won t Stop Outbreaks - Forbes

He's one doctor. And he works for Obama.

Maybe you ought to try some unbiased sources.

 

[Moonglow]

Letting it spread world wide is the worse thing you can do. People are going to die because of this that otherwise wouldn't.

It's already world wide it's too late for flight bans and all that other worthless attempts...

 

[Moonglow]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

The FAA works for Obama. Of course they said that.

When you say "the medical profession," who would that be?

Dr Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has tried to explain why he doesn’t support a travel ban:

Importantly, isolating countries won’t keep Ebola contained and away from American shores. Paradoxically, it will increase the risk that Ebola will spread in those countries and to other countries, and that we will have more patients who develop Ebola in the US. People will move between countries, even when governments restrict travel and trade. And that kind of travel becomes almost impossible to track.

Simply put: you can’t seal the country. If you blocked air travel, it would force desperate individuals to use alternative routes – over land and sea – to escape the epidemic. They’ll still end up in the US, except you won’t know where.

Ebola Is Coming. A Travel Ban Won t Stop Outbreaks - Forbes

He's one doctor. And he works for Obama.

Maybe you ought to try some unbiased sources.

You ask, I answered, If you don't like it do not address me since I am no one in the US federal government derp..

 

[Moonglow]

The medical profession and the FAA said that a flight ban would not work...

The FAA works for Obama. Of course they said that.

When you say "the medical profession," who would that be?

Dr Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has tried to explain why he doesn’t support a travel ban:

Importantly, isolating countries won’t keep Ebola contained and away from American shores. Paradoxically, it will increase the risk that Ebola will spread in those countries and to other countries, and that we will have more patients who develop Ebola in the US. People will move between countries, even when governments restrict travel and trade. And that kind of travel becomes almost impossible to track.

Simply put: you can’t seal the country. If you blocked air travel, it would force desperate individuals to use alternative routes – over land and sea – to escape the epidemic. They’ll still end up in the US, except you won’t know where.

Ebola Is Coming. A Travel Ban Won t Stop Outbreaks - Forbes

He's one doctor. And he works for Obama.

Maybe you ought to try some unbiased sources.

He does not work for Oblama, he works for the US govt.

 

[Gracie]

Obama hates the USA. This man can and will do whatever the fuck he wants and nobody will do a damn thing about it.