Ebola Outbreak

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When you think of the disease Ebola most people become unnerved because how contagious this disease is. The Ebola outbreak is in many countries but it originated from West Africa were animals such as monkeys carried the deadly virus that humans contracted and the virus is killing humans daily. The infection rate is raising daily along over three thousand deaths from the disease (Central Disease Control). The main argument I am making is should Americans who travel outside of the United States be allowed back into the states if they travel to a country with a high rate of Ebola cases because of the chance of that person contracting the disease and then bringing it back to the states. The only exception is if an American citizen needs to come back into the United States for a serious reason I strongly believe that any person who has possibly became in contact with the disease should have to stay in the country they traveled to for twenty one days isolated in a hospital for observation due to the chance of contracting the disease and bringing it back to the states. The Ebola outbreak began in parts of central Africa from bats. There have already been 8,914 …show more content…

The woman stated that she had visited the Congo area and also come into contact with people who had visited the Republic of Congo within the last forty-five days (al.com). Through this many people are starting to realize that air travel is now not safe with all the Ebola cases arising in the United States. With the high rate of the virus spreading in other countries there should be no flights to countries with outbreaks of the virus nor should there be flights coming in from other countries. The only exception should be is if you are an American citizen and it is a serious emergency, but you would still be required to go through a screening and if you test positive you will be held

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