Originally Posted by
Chiro1979
There will always be something that will present a health threat - today it is Ebola, tomorrow, it will be something else. To expect borders to shut down every time there is a health threat is unrealistic, in my opinion.
Well said!
To add to this, many people don't realize how nasty the world is from an infectious disease perspective. Ebola outbreaks have happened periodically for the past few decades, but it's only now that one is really hitting the mass consciousness of the world.
For example, there are currently
a handful of cases of
Marburg Virus Disease in Kampala. This is going mostly unreported outside of scientific circles, yet Marburg for the most part is clinically similar (indistinguishable even) to Ebola. I'll bet though that it's just as easy to fly to Kampala today as it was last week or last month.
Here's one more - there's
one confirmed death from
Plague in China. Should we shut down all flights and contact with China?