re: #334 NJDhockeyfan

Stop the Ebola bungling! To show seriousness, ban travel.

Which isn’t based on science, health policy, or a rational examination of the facts, but on feelings and psychological factors - security theater.

If we were going to consider travel bans for infectious diseases, we’d shut down flights during influenza season, which is getting underway now (and kills/infects each year far more than Ebola has in 40 years). We’d shut down modes of travel and areas affected by measles outbreaks (far more transmissible), etc.

Instead, there’s nothing but silence.

Much of the talk about travel bans is latent or active racism combined with xenophobia.