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 cant put a travel restriction on countries where a contagious disease is raging.
Its 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! -- wed have had a travel ban on Day One.
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden justifies Obamas refusal to prohibit flights originating in Ebola-plagued countries saying A travel ban is not the right answer. Its 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 dont work? THATS 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 doesnt require cuddling victims in their huts. Scientists who discovered the AIDS cocktail didnt spend their nights at Studio 54 in order to fight the disease at its source.
Until theres a treatment we cant 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 theres a vaccine we can mail it.
Naturally Obama is sending troops from the 101st Airborne the pride of our Army to Liberia. Their general should resign in protest.
Merlin further explained the travel ban saying that if West Africans cant fly to America that would cause the disease to grow in that area and spill over into other countries. So instead of infecting people in surrounding countries our CDC wants them to come here and infect Americans.
But that wont happen because the government assures us theres nothing to worry about with Ebola. Theyve got it under control.
Unfortunately everything the government says about this disease keeps being proved untrue -- usually within a matter of days.
They told us that youd basically have to roll in an infected persons vomit to catch the disease. Then nurses at two first-world hospitals in Spain and the U.S. contracted Ebola from patients.
With no evidence the CDC simply announced that the nurses were not following proper protocol. The disease didnt operate the way CDC said it would so the hospitals must be lying.
The government told us that national quarantines wont work but then they quarantine everyone with Ebola -- or who has been near someone with Ebola such as an entire NBC crew. To me this suggests that theres some value in keeping people who have been near Ebola away from people who have not.
Quite obviously the only way to protect Americans is to prevent Ebola from coming here in the first place. The problem isnt that Ebola will leap across oceans to infect Americans; its that Obama doesnt want to protect Americans.
At least hes only putting expendable Americans on the frontlines of the Ebola epidemic -- doctors nurses members of the 101st Airborne.
At the moment more than 13000 West Africans have travel visas to come to the U.S. Having just seen an Ebola-infected Liberian get $500000 worth of free medical treatment in the U.S. the first thing any African who might have Ebola should do is get himself to America.
Of all the reasons people have for coming here -- welfare drug-dealing Medicare scams -- I have Ebola and Im going to die otherwise is surely one of the strongest. The entire continent of Africa now knows that this is a country that will happily spend half a million dollars on treating someone who just arrived -- and then berate itself for not doing enough.
Thomas Eric Duncans family may be upset with his treatment but they have to admit the price was right. Medical bill: $0.00. Your next statement will arrive in 30 days.
And now were going to have to let in entire families with Ebola because the important thing is -- actually I dont know why. Its some technical scientific point about fences not working.
Republicans -- Americans -- have got to demand Friedens resignation. If only we could demand Obamas.
Ann Coulter is a columnist and author of Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault On America.
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 cant put a travel restriction on countries where a contagious disease is raging.
Its 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! -- wed have had a travel ban on Day One.
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden justifies Obamas refusal to prohibit flights originating in Ebola-plagued countries saying A travel ban is not the right answer. Its 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 dont work? THATS 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 doesnt require cuddling victims in their huts. Scientists who discovered the AIDS cocktail didnt spend their nights at Studio 54 in order to fight the disease at its source.
Until theres a treatment we cant 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 theres a vaccine we can mail it.
Naturally Obama is sending troops from the 101st Airborne the pride of our Army to Liberia. Their general should resign in protest.
Merlin further explained the travel ban saying that if West Africans cant fly to America that would cause the disease to grow in that area and spill over into other countries. So instead of infecting people in surrounding countries our CDC wants them to come here and infect Americans.
But that wont happen because the government assures us theres nothing to worry about with Ebola. Theyve got it under control.
Unfortunately everything the government says about this disease keeps being proved untrue -- usually within a matter of days.
They told us that youd basically have to roll in an infected persons vomit to catch the disease. Then nurses at two first-world hospitals in Spain and the U.S. contracted Ebola from patients.
With no evidence the CDC simply announced that the nurses were not following proper protocol. The disease didnt operate the way CDC said it would so the hospitals must be lying.
The government told us that national quarantines wont work but then they quarantine everyone with Ebola -- or who has been near someone with Ebola such as an entire NBC crew. To me this suggests that theres some value in keeping people who have been near Ebola away from people who have not.
Quite obviously the only way to protect Americans is to prevent Ebola from coming here in the first place. The problem isnt that Ebola will leap across oceans to infect Americans; its that Obama doesnt want to protect Americans.
At least hes only putting expendable Americans on the frontlines of the Ebola epidemic -- doctors nurses members of the 101st Airborne.
At the moment more than 13000 West Africans have travel visas to come to the U.S. Having just seen an Ebola-infected Liberian get $500000 worth of free medical treatment in the U.S. the first thing any African who might have Ebola should do is get himself to America.
Of all the reasons people have for coming here -- welfare drug-dealing Medicare scams -- I have Ebola and Im going to die otherwise is surely one of the strongest. The entire continent of Africa now knows that this is a country that will happily spend half a million dollars on treating someone who just arrived -- and then berate itself for not doing enough.
Thomas Eric Duncans family may be upset with his treatment but they have to admit the price was right. Medical bill: $0.00. Your next statement will arrive in 30 days.
And now were going to have to let in entire families with Ebola because the important thing is -- actually I dont know why. Its some technical scientific point about fences not working.
Republicans -- Americans -- have got to demand Friedens resignation. If only we could demand Obamas.
Ann Coulter is a columnist and author of Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault On America.
