# Why travel restrictions won't stop ebola

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-travel-restrictions-wont-stop-ebola/701569>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 16, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-travel-restrictions-wont-stop-ebola/701569 "2014-10-16T19:48:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-travel-restrictions-wont-stop-ebola/701569/81 "2014-10-20T14:28:34Z")

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> [@Iggy](#):
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> Really! :eek: They stamp mine. Again, and again, and again. You have to clear immigration upon exit at the airport.

Aren’t you a Caymanian citizen? They definitely didn’t stamp my UK passport the last time I was there, nor my (American) wife’s. And that was for a flight rather than a cruise departure.

> [@Ramira](#):
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> The article is full of errors. Perhaps lies. The Morocco has no travel ban on the Liberians.

FYI, **Ramira** , in English the names of countries are (generally) not preceded by an article (the). The only exceptions that come to mind are Lebanon and Ukraine, and people seem to have stopped doing it for both anyway.

> [@jtur88](#):
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> Then I refuse to accept anything you claim about Mali based on your many, many personal experiences, unless you can cite records that match your assertions. What you personally know from experience is of no credibility, according to your own argument. You have a very roundabout way of calling me a liar, although it amounts to the same thing.

As the proponent of the assertion _you_ have the burden of proof.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-travel-restrictions-wont-stop-ebola/701569/82 "2014-10-20T15:06:01Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> You have a very roundabout way of calling me a liar, although it amounts to the same thing.

**Moderator Note**

**jtur88** , no one called you a liar. Dial it back. That goes for everyone.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![oliviamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@oliviamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliviamia)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-travel-restrictions-wont-stop-ebola/701569/83 "2014-10-20T15:21:22Z")

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The problem is probably more widespread than we think. People that have already entered could have the virus. What about airport cleanliness ( bathrooms, railings elevators etc. ) I find it scary that with all that protective gear that bodily fluids an still contaminate !

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-travel-restrictions-wont-stop-ebola/701569/84 "2014-10-20T15:54:28Z")

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It’s not scary. More people are killed by the flu in a month than will ever be killed by ebola.

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