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customerserviceguy

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20. Ok, rub two brain cells together

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #19)

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 08:30 PM

Oct 2014

and distinguish between crews who drop stuff off at the airport (hopefully encountering nobody), and people who are much more likely to have been exposed because they LIVE THERE.

I don't favor stopping flight crews who have extremely minimal or zero contact with the locals from coming back, but I do strongly support not letting those who are citizens of the affected nations just stroll off the planes in areas where they deign to travel that don't have Ebola.

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Direct flights from Liberia/Siera Leone/Guinea to USA, by the numbers.... [View all] uppityperson Oct 2014 OP

kick uppityperson Oct 2014 #1

Correct- no direct flights from the three countries Marrah_G Oct 2014 #2

No.....just a whole lot of indirect flights from Europe..... BooScout Oct 2014 #3

Air France, Brussels Airlines and British Airways boston bean Oct 2014 #4

Thousands of passengers, 77 stopped in screening, 1 case got to USA. There are NO direct flights, uppityperson Oct 2014 #5

No, I am not calling for a blockade. boston bean Oct 2014 #6

In which case how would banning flights work since people could walk or drive to the next uppityperson Oct 2014 #13

I suggest reading carefully boston bean Oct 2014 #14

Here's that earlier thread, for those who missed it Electric Monk Oct 2014 #15

I did and am seeking clarification. I can continue to guess and you mock my inability to read your uppityperson Oct 2014 #16

I'm not concerned customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #7

You might want to read up on the follow up on his case. MohRokTah Oct 2014 #9

Whether it was deliberate or accidental customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #11

Incorrect with Ebola MohRokTah Oct 2014 #12

Thank you for both those points. uppityperson Oct 2014 #17

It's not ignoring the problem, it's acknowledging it customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #18

How many loads are you gonna be able to ship... ret5hd Oct 2014 #19

Ok, rub two brain cells together customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #20

K&R eom MohRokTah Oct 2014 #8

We'd save a lot more lives if we just banned Budweiser beer and McDonalds Tsiyu Oct 2014 #10

so what? TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #21