Should America Ban Traveling To Ebola Infected Countries?

Should America Ban Traveling to Ebola Infected Countries? The Ebola virus was first discovered in 1976 and originated from West African countries. Ebola is a very deadly and contagious disease to come in contact with. This disease has always been able to stay contained in the small villages it is located in. Until recently in 2014 when America got its first case of Ebola in Dallas. After this occurrence America has had thoughts of banning people to travel to these infected countries. Enforcing a travel ban to these countries would make the Ebola epidemic worse. Some people believe that it will be safer for America if a traveling ban would be put in place. They believe that people should stop traveling to Ebola infected places in order to stop the spread of this virus. However, I disagree because it will only make the spreading of it worse and researchers wouldn’t be able to track the disease anymore. …show more content…
Since the time the virus was first discovered it was never spread anywhere other than the small villages it was in. If America wouldn’t allow traveling to these places people would find other ways to get to here. For example, people from those infected countries could find a way to travel to other countries that are not infected to get to America, thus spreading it to other parts of the world along the way. Koya C. Allen states, “To block people from coming into the U.S. from West Africa is not thinking about the loopholes… If flights are halted, people will leak out through other means” (Altman et al. 27). People should take notice that even with a travel ban in place there will still be other ways to go around it making the disease spread even