The International Spread of Diseases

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The ill and sick don't stay bound to one area, they travel to different counties by airline or cruise line transmitting their illnesses to other passengers. When sick people are on board they can spread their diseases with just a minor yet sometimes deadly cough or sneeze they will be spreading their sickness.

New Diseases can spread internationally by travel, if restrictions were shown by cruise lines and airlines it could prevent the innocent from dying from a disease outbreak. Most airlines like British Airlines have doctors who are certified to work and treat patients for access on board the plane. There are many experts on this subject, Doctor Saldmann who wrote the book “Wash Your Hands!” says in his traveling content topics that could help travelers in repelling diseases and performing good hygiene “the spread of a disease come through in th airplanes cabin thus spreading it to other passengers, to their destination on words” (40).

Articles I have research talk about my previous arguments, for an example on article named “Too Sick to Travel: Who Decides?”. By Linda Bubank, New diseases can spread by international travel to other countries, which they aren't prepared for. If airlines and cruises lines did not allow ill people to travel the world would probably be safer. Keeping the innocent from dying.

If a new disease stays bound to a country it is there responsibility to destroy it, this method is more efficient. Have the bound country more prepared for a cure. This could stop the deaths of many and the virus getting out of hand. Most airlines have doctors which certify passengers for clearance on board.

The paper I intend to write informs the readers about plane security. For example, debating if the sick sho...

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...th consultant for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Travelers Health Branch, and an Emory University professor of medicine and infectious diseases. You will suffer, your illness may last longer, and you'll spread your disease to the people around you.

It's probably not the nicest thing to do to fly while sick, said Saldmann , noting that people seem more educated these days about how disease spreads. People don't understand that these diseases are contagious."

I was on a flight this week and had to sit beside a guy who coughed up a storm the entire flight and it wasn't a 1 hour flight either. Lucky me, laterI am sick as a dog with a sore throat, minor fever and plugged sinus's and ears. Most, if not all of us have traveled when ill at some point. It is also a major inconvenience to the sick passenger as well as the airline to reschedule them.

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