Ebola coming to a town near you.

[GScholz]

Texas scientists fighting Ebola...

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Quarantine is the answer. Put anyone traveling from that area to isolation untill they're confirmed safe.

[Arlo]

Quarantine is the answer. Put anyone traveling from that area to isolation untill they're confirmed safe.

Wouldn't it be more logical to do it in reverse order? Isolation and monitoring for a month before being allowed to embark? Or are you wanting a month on each end? The logistics and cost boggles.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Wouldn't it be more logical to do it in reverse order? Isolation and monitoring for a month before being allowed to embark? Or are you wanting a month on each end? The logistics and cost boggles.

Yes thats what I meant, quarantine them at the point of origin naturally. You can't let them in the plane.

[Vulcan]

3rd world countries cannot even quarantine infected patients properly, would you trust them to quarantine travelers properly?

[Brooke]

You can't do quarantine and then fly.  That system is impractically expensive, impractically difficult to administer, and far too prone to errors (both unintentional screw ups and intentional subversion).  The way it is done in practice (we aren't reinventing the wheel here, after all) is to preclude travel.

[Arlo]

You can't do quarantine and then fly.  That system is impractically expensive, impractically difficult to administer, and far too prone to errors (both unintentional screw ups and intentional subversion).  The way it is done in practice (we aren't reinventing the wheel here, after all) is to preclude travel.

Unfortunately, that's shutting the barn door a bit late in this theoretical conversation about practicality and effectiveness.

[Bruv119]

case in spain now, 

Zack can you pull up the Ladder to the EU?

[Brooke]

Unfortunately, that's shutting the barn door a bit late in this theoretical conversation about practicality and effectiveness.

We are a very far distance away from quarantine being too late.

My guess is that, if Ebola becomes more of an epidemic in Africa, or especially if Americans start getting it from visitors, or both, there will be a travel restriction put on.

[Arlo]

We are a very far distance away from quarantine being too late.

My guess is that, if Ebola becomes more of an epidemic in Africa, or especially if Americans start getting it from visitors, or both, there will be a travel restriction put on.

May it be universally applied by all global carriers (an unintended pun in those last two words).

[800nate800]

Ebola is in Cobb county GA. 30 minutes from my house. ayee

[GScholz]

So... Now it's here...

http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/10/07/ebola-patient-finally-home/

"An ebola-infected Norwegian doctor was carefully transported in a medical convoy with police escort from Oslo’s main airport at Gardermoen to the country’s largest hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities clearly wanted no risk of traffic accidents as they kept other vehicles on the road well away from the specially equipped ambulance carrying the stricken woman."

[MrRiplEy[H]]

3rd world countries cannot even quarantine infected patients properly, would you trust them to quarantine travelers properly?

The airlines have a better control over things. There should be a quarantine area at the airport, register when entering, daily fever measurements and after 2 weeks a free pass to travel. Of course the area would need to be quite huge to avoid people from infecting eachothers in the process. Some airport hotel would need to be reserved for the purpose.

[FLOOB]

Ebola is in Cobb county GA. 30 minutes from my house. ayee

Are you sure?

[Rich46yo]

The airlines have a better control over things. There should be a quarantine area at the airport, register when entering, daily fever measurements and after 2 weeks a free pass to travel. Of course the area would need to be quite huge to avoid people from infecting eachothers in the process. Some airport hotel would need to be reserved for the purpose.

Obviously you have never seen the crowds clearing customs at busy airports. I bet you'd fill up a football stadium in a day at one like O'hare or Atlanta. How could you possibly house them for two weeks and imagine the riots trying to hold them.