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This is a global problem. If only some countries act then we would need a travel ban to all of the countries that did not place these Western African nations in quarantine.
It's not so simple as a national sovereign matter.
Right now there is a de facto travel ban to and from these Western African nations, where Ebola is a present threat, by global airlines for legal liability reasons.
There is in place an ad hoc isolation however it is in situ of the disease area and not toward the treatment centers of the disease -- that is the subject of discussion here ...
Would it be better for the Administration to support people who are not the most competent under the circumstances? Some Presidents have gone the distance with their appointees with disastrous results. This is a classic lose-lose situation.
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