Stop foreign flights to block Ebola

By Nicholas P. Gartner, Henderson

Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 | 2:01 a.m.

The Ebola virus is now in the United States. I do not believe the experts who are telling us that they can control the outbreak.

In West Africa, the Ebola outbreak is out of control even though the finest medical experts have been involved for months.

The federal government has to stop all incoming flights from foreign countries. All travelers who have been overseas need to be isolated until they are proven not to be carriers of the virus. The borders have to be shut down to all people wanting to come into the United States.

All imports need to be quarantined and tested before being allowed to enter our marketplace. There is no second chance in this deal. If the virus gets started, there will be no controlling it.

I do not care if this is too radical for people who profit from tourism and worldwide commerce. The citizens of the United States have to be protected at all costs. If the virus got here, it can already be in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia.

It will not be enough to stop all flights from Africa because there is no way to tell whether the virus has already infected the rest of the world.

Demand the government act now and until the Ebola virus is stopped worldwide.