Ebola, news and discussion

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I am starting to think it might be wise for all travelers who have been in contact with Ebola victims to be quarantined for 21 days upon return to the U.S. Probably the healthcare workers who travel with Doctors Without Borders will comply, but will other people? 21 days could be so inconvenient that many people will just lie about whether they have been around friends or family who have Ebola.

If we revisit the idea of quarantining everyone (not just those who admit to having contact) who travels from the three high crisis countries in West Africa, people can just travel through other countries (although it seems we ought to be able to verify all travel itineraries for anyone who arrives in the U.S. - I don't understand why this is difficult, or at least 99% of all travel itineraries. Doesn't the U.S. require travel visas for everyone who is not a U.S. citizen coming from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia? It seems all those people's names should be in a computer somewhere.) Of course, who is going to pay for all this quarantining, and where could we even put that many people? These are some of the same questions that have been raised all along, but it's looking as though we may have to consider some of the more restrictive measures that have been suggested.