
There had never been a case of Ebola in the U.S. until a
few months ago. Since then, thousands of people have died of the
disease in Africa, and millions upon millions of dollars have been spent
treating Ebola patients in the U.S. who acquired it there, one of whom
has died.
But the Obama administration refuses to impose a travel ban.
This summer, the U.S. government imposed a travel ban on Israel
simply to pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu into accepting a ceasefire
agreement. But we can't put a travel restriction on countries where a
contagious disease is raging.
It's becoming increasingly clear this is just another platform
for Obama to demonstrate that we are citizens of the world. The entire
Ebola issue is being discussed -- by our government, not the United
Nations -- as if Liberians are indistinguishable from Americans, and
U.S. taxpayers should be willing to pay whatever it takes to save them.
Maybe we should give them the vote, too! If Ebola was
concentrated in Finland and Norway -- certainly Israel! -- we'd have had
a travel ban on Day One.
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr.
Tom Frieden, justifies Obama's refusal to prohibit flights originating
in Ebola-plagued countries, saying, "A travel ban is not the right
answer. It's simply not feasible to build a wall -- virtual or real --
around a community, city or country."
What is it with liberals living in gated communities always telling us that fences don't work? THAT'S WHAT A QUARANTINE IS.
At the congressional hearing on Ebola last week, Republicans
repeatedly pressed the CDC representative, Dr. Toby Merlin, to explain
why Obama refuses to impose a travel ban.
In about 17 tries, Merlin came up with no plausible answer. Like
Frieden, Merlin kept insisting that "the only way to protect Americans"
is to end the epidemic in Africa.
Why, precisely, must we attack Ebola in Africa? Research on a
cure doesn't require cuddling victims in their huts. Scientists who
discovered the AIDS cocktail didn't spend their nights at Studio 54 in
order to "fight the disease at its source."
Until there's a treatment, we can't put out the disease there,
or here. The only thing Americans will be doing in Liberia is changing
the bedpans of victims, getting infected and bringing Ebola back to
America. When there's a vaccine, we can mail it.