Change.org petition for common sense travel procedures from ebola outbreaks
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I deliberately created a petition that was not US-centric and did not assume an "us vs. them" tension between the three west african countries involved and "the rest of the first world".
Note that the petition calls for the US itself to be held to these restrictions if it passes the "outbreak test" that is described in the petition and that it calls for a framework that would be protective of all possible destinations (not just the US) of infected travelers.
Further, I understand that a 21 day monitored quarantine for all travelers is logistically difficult, to say the least, which is why there is an alternate blood test route (the logistics of which I am completely in the dark about).
Remember - more cases in the US or Europe is not the nightmare scenario. The nightmare scenario is an infected traveler from West Africa returning home to Mumbai or Delhi. The conditions laid out in this petition reflect that and, I hope, address that risk.