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Originally Posted by Toyz
What in the world is hysteria about a 21 day moratorium on mass contact with the citizens of the united states? Just stay put for 21 days, make sure you don't have this deadly disease...then you can go home.
Seems such common sense to me that its inarguable.
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So what happens when other potential carriers find out that mass hysteria has caused imprisonment of people on the mere suggestion of Ebola despite clear evidence to the contrary?
People will start hiding their travel to infected areas, taking aspirin before planes land so they won't show a fever when scanned, delaying going to get checked when they have some of the early signs of Ebola, etc.
Suppose you've recently done some overseas travel or had contact with someone who has. You're feeling sick, but you think you only have the flu. Do you risk going to a doctor to get checked, and risk spending the next 21 days imprisoned in some isolation ward? Especially if the government seems to be throwing people in there on a whim?
Suppose Ebola does actually start spreading in the US. People with early symptoms aren't going to go in and get checked if they think they're going to get thrown into quarantine on a whim. Don't forget that the early symptoms of Ebola are very similar to the flu.
A stupid, paranoid, quarantine policy will make Ebola carriers hide out as they become more and more infectious.
