How many potential Ebola carriers enter the US each day?
... the number of passengers from the three West African countries is so few — about 150 daily — the extra screening isn't expected to disrupt normal operations.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/90546e1df7524ba08438cf2408f79528/airport-screening-ebola-5-things-know
150 people per day is not a lot of commerce. It would be no real hardship whatsoever to prevent this number from entering the US until the outbreak is over.
If, on the other hand, 10% of them actually come down with Ebola on US soil, how much does that cost us?
(15 per day) x ($250,000 to $1,000,000 per patient) = $4 million to $15 million per day
The value of their commerce is nowhere near that amount, so from the standpoint of economics it makes no sense whatever to allow them to enter the country.
Do you agree? If you don't, please show me your numbers.
Here's another essay supporting this approach:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-09/answer-ebola-travel-restrictions-ban-commercial-flights-allow-medical-and-aid-flight
By the way, I have signed the petition mentioned in the essay, and I urge you to do the same.
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