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SoCalDem

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20. Like the "back in 10 minutes" signs on store door?

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 07:14 PM

Oct 2014

do we lock people in special chambers for those 21 days?

21 days from when?

what if someone is infected on day 19, and is of course asymptomatic when they check in for their flight? Their symptoms will still occur ...after they get where they are going, (like Mr Duncan's)

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Do you favor or oppose travel restrictions to and from West Africa? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2014 OP

"Restrictions"? Yes, I do. Greater scrutiny is a restriction. Checking for symptoms is, as well. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

Agree, completely. 2banon Oct 2014 #12

I would support travel restrictions to/from anywhere in the midst of a dangerous epidemic like this. stevenleser Oct 2014 #2

Thanks for posting this customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #3

One of the few things you've ever said that I agree with. Excellent points. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #34

Well, you know what they say customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #44

hahahaha!! kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #45

I said oppose PAProgressive28 Oct 2014 #4

Pass. The question is too broad. MineralMan Oct 2014 #5

It would depend on how detectable ebola is in early stages.......... wandy Oct 2014 #6

I can imagine restrictions that I would support, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #7

"...dehumanizing and terrible..." customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #10

I have never considered being sick as dehumanizing, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #11

Well, the Repukes customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #14

People in that state , would not be likely to travel much SoCalDem Oct 2014 #16

That's why customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #18

But only if it does not cost any of their precious money SoCalDem Oct 2014 #19

Oh, when it comes to war customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #21

++++++++++++++++ uppityperson Oct 2014 #25

You. Do. Not. Bleed. From. Every. Orifice. In. Your. Body. uppityperson Oct 2014 #24

How is that relevant. branford Oct 2014 #32

If "dead is dead", then according to you being killed in a car wreck is the same. uppityperson Oct 2014 #38

You missed my point. branford Oct 2014 #41

Thank you. And you missed mine, that accurate information is necessary uppityperson Oct 2014 #46

Oh, if you live long enough (highly unlikely), that DIC will have bloody virus-laden fluid oozing kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #35

I have taken care of people with DIC and that is wrong. From every pore in your body? uppityperson Oct 2014 #36

When the capillaries fall apart it does happen. Maybe human skin is different enough from dog skin. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #40

My quick search of Ebola symptoms turned up the following customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #47

I never made the claim ebola is like "ordinary cold or flu". uppityperson Oct 2014 #48

Shock and organ failure do indeed kill customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #49

Does seem like most people are fear based. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #42

I see absolutely nothing "dehumanizing" about TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #53

Like I said, I can imagine restrictions I would be OK with. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #54

Yes, like 30 day waits for visas TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #55

If I were a legislator, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #56

I favor sensible "restrictions" over an outright regional "ban" rocktivity Oct 2014 #8

Like the "back in 10 minutes" signs on store door? SoCalDem Oct 2014 #20

Anyone who wants to buy a ticket gets the first test rocktivity Oct 2014 #37

None at all. FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #9

So hard to contract? former9thward Oct 2014 #23

"Without additional interventions or changes in community behavior" is the point uppityperson Oct 2014 #26

Tell that to all the doctors and health care people who have died. former9thward Oct 2014 #28

wtf? The vast majority of people who have caught it were caregivers for others already sick. uppityperson Oct 2014 #30

The question is too broad, needs to be more specific as "restrictions" has a wide range uppityperson Oct 2014 #13

Panic is not a strategy. nt geek tragedy Oct 2014 #15

Prevention is not panic. PADemD Oct 2014 #51

It depends. Can't answer your poll. Avalux Oct 2014 #17

It really depends. branford Oct 2014 #22

Oppose cwydro Oct 2014 #27

what would the poll look like the u.s. were the epicenter of the ebola outbreak? unblock Oct 2014 #29

We might not think about it, but the rest of the world certainly would. Savannahmann Oct 2014 #39

+1000 PADemD Oct 2014 #50

Restrictions, yes: much improved screening, perhaps mandatory followup or at least more kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #31

It does not appear there is any reason to do that treestar Oct 2014 #33

I basically agree. branford Oct 2014 #43

Do you shoot down planes leaving West Africa? JoePhilly Oct 2014 #52

Both the infectious and the contaigous must be kept from traveling from Ebola-affected countries rocktivity Oct 2014 #57