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In reply to the discussion: White House Not Planning Travel Ban For Ebola Countries [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)disease and most everybody in countries with epidemics.
The difference between being quarantined in the US and in Liberia/Sierra/Leone/Guinea and availability of health care is irrelevant because this is a life and death matter. Food can be supplied to people who are under quarantine if there is an international effort to supply it.
An effective, enforced quarantine would help to make the limited available health care come closer to being adequate to meet the medical needs of those infected with the disease.
What would you suggest other than a quarantine? What is cheaper and more effective? I can't think of any alternative. Sooner or later, the disease will either kill so many vulnerable people that a quarantine is no longer viable or exposure to the disease will be limited by quarantine. That is the way I see it.
A quarantine is a way to protect those who have not yet had contact with the disease. It is difficult but much easier than allowing the disease to spread.
The sooner a quarantine is imposed, the sooner the epidemics will end.