The New York Times, although against a travel ban and quarantine, states in their own article: "...Mr. Bhattacharji pointed out that after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, all flights in the United States were grounded for days. That radical measure had an unexpected consequence: it delayed the flu season by two weeks. ..."
There currently is no cure for Ebola infected patients. Strict three week quarantine combined with meticulous aseptic technique, is the only measure which has a chance to contain this disease AND THUS allowing all the world's combined resources to go to the endemic region and help those populations. Stretching our resources will lead us to fail. Read Sun Zhu's "The Art of War" http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html and you will understand.
This is where the rich nations of this world have an obligation to all other nations who are less affluent: contain the disease where it is endemic by strict quarantine as less affluent nations will not be able to afford the medical care needed to allow patients to survive, thus slowing spread to less affluent nations and bundling all resources and deploying them in the endemic region.
The New York Times, although against a travel ban and quarantine, states in their own article:
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There currently is no cure for Ebola infected patients. Strict three week quarantine combined with meticulous aseptic technique, is the only measure which has a chance to contain this disease AND THUS allowing all the world's combined resources to go to the endemic region and help those populations. Stretching our resources will lead us to fail. Read Sun Zhu's "The Art of War" http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html and you will understand.
This is where the rich nations of this world have an obligation to all other nations who are less affluent: contain the disease where it is endemic by strict quarantine as less affluent nations will not be able to afford the medical care needed to allow patients to survive, thus slowing spread to less affluent nations and bundling all resources and deploying them in the endemic region.