It's time to prevent public travel from western africa and those originating from there.

[Warren DeMontague]

155. I will agree that it's a massive relief that it's not out of control now in Lagos or Port Harcourt.

but I think any honest assessment of the situation will reveal that it was a nail-biter, there, for a while.

I'm not suggesting "panic", I'm suggesting that for the time being recreational visa-holders from 3 West African countries not be allowed through customs into the US. It's not "racism", it's simple math. The VAST majority of infected people on the planet, right now, are citizens of one of 3 countries. Presumably to travel to another country, like ours, they would need a passport from their country of origin.

Asking them to postpone their vacations abroad until this is cleared up is not unreasonable, or onerous. As for "stopping flights", I suspect at some point the flights will stop themselves- indeed, for many carriers, they already have, because the front line people; pilots, flight attendants- don't want to deal with it.

Aid can be brought in other means, as can the military- remember the Berlin Airlift?