Everyone Arriving from West Africa Will Now Be Monitored

[TorchTheWitch]

http://news.yahoo.com/daily-ebola-checks-everyone-arriving-west-africa-now-164739926.html

All passengers arriving in the United States from the West African countries where the Ebola outbreak is ongoing will now be monitored for 21 days, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

"Today, we are beginning a new system that will further protect Americans from Ebola," CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said at a news conference Wednesday (Oct. 22).

This "active post-arrival monitoring" will begin on Monday, Oct. 27 and will include journalists and health care workers returning from the region, as well as CDC staff, Frieden said.

The monitoring will add an additional level of safety to other measures already in place to prevent the spread of the virus, Frieden said. These measures include the current screening of passengers when they leave the three affected countries, and entry screening for the passengers arriving in five U.S. airports.

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We should have been doing this already. Had we been Mr. Duncan would have been caught early and may have had a lot bigger chance to survive not to mention so many people having to be put into quarantine because of having contact with him that thankfully didn't become infected.

[B2G]

1. Absolutely

Now if we can just keep track of them all for 21 days...

[KMOD]

5. I believe they will be self montitoring

Everyone will get a thermometer and symptoms to watch for. They will call the CDC should symptoms appear. So no need to track them, unless they become ill.

This is a great idea.

Edit to add: they do have to call daily to report their temperatures.

[Orrex]

2. Why are they only monitored for 21 days?

The rest of us are monitored 24/7.

[jen63]

3. Just a little extra

bang for the buck.

[bigwillq]

4. I support this