U.S. health officials are against a travel embargo from countries with an Ebola outbreak, according to CBS. Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Health, told CBS News that a ban on travel from infected countries could make it harder for the virus to be controlled.
"You isolate them, you can cause unrest in the country," Fauci was quoted as saying. ''It's conceivable that governments could fall if you just isolate them completely."
According to the article, some airlines have already ceased flying in and out of countries with known outbreaks of Ebola. Some members of Congress are suggesting that flights be stopped to protect those within U.S. borders. Republican Rep. Tim Murphy was quoted as calling self-reporting among travelers "a demonstrated failure, and it is nearly impossible to retrace steps to try and track down everyone who has been in contact with a carrier taking multiple international flights across the globe."
Director of the CDC Dr. Tom Frieden told ABC, "We don't want to do something that inadvertently increases our risk by making it harder to stop the outbreak there, because if it spreads more widely throughout different countries in Africa, that will be even more of a risk to us."
A ban on travel would disturb aid going to Ebola-stricken areas, as well as Americans trying to return home.
