Here is an update on the Carnival Cruise Line ship/Ebola story. As you know, one of the passengers on that ship works at the Dallas hospital where the Ebola patients were treated. This passenger may (MAY!!!) have handled samples taken from the first Ebola patient. At the moment, the passenger has no symptoms that indicate any Ebola disease. But here's the update: both Belize and Mexico are refusing to let the ship dock in their ports. The two nations will not take any chance that the Ebola virus could come into their countries from the ship.
The irony of Mexico closing its borders to a ship filled with Americans cannot be lost on most people. When the Mexicans do it, it is sound judgment regarding a potential health hazard. If the USA were to close our borders, it would be a racist and xenophobic act of hatred. At least that is the way that the mainstream media would report it.
So let's add two more countries to the list of places that are closing their borders to potential carriers of the disease. Who knows, maybe at some point president Obama will realize that a flight and visa ban is an issue of health and not a political one.
The irony of Mexico closing its borders to a ship filled with Americans cannot be lost on most people. When the Mexicans do it, it is sound judgment regarding a potential health hazard. If the USA were to close our borders, it would be a racist and xenophobic act of hatred. At least that is the way that the mainstream media would report it.
So let's add two more countries to the list of places that are closing their borders to potential carriers of the disease. Who knows, maybe at some point president Obama will realize that a flight and visa ban is an issue of health and not a political one.
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