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Thousands of Americans stranded aboard cruise ship with quarantined Dallas health worker exposed to Ebola
While the Obama administration is perfectly willing to risk an Ebola epidemic in the United States far more rational governments south of the border take a much wiser approach.
"(NaturalNews) In breaking news, a lab technician who processed blood and other fluid samples from Thomas Eric Duncan, the first known Ebola victim to arrive unexpectedly on U.S. soil, is currently being quarantined on a Carnival cruise ship after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) contacted the company to notify it of a potential disease breach.
The unidentified woman is currently under voluntary quarantine in one of the ship's cabins, along with a travel mate, as the leisure vessel makes its way back to Galveston, Texas. The trip had to be cut short after a scheduled port visit to Cozumel, Mexico, was denied clearance, but the woman is said to be showing no symptoms at this time.
"The employee has been self-monitoring, including daily temperature checks, since Oct. 6, and has not had a fever or demonstrated any symptoms of illness," said CDC spokeswoman Jen Psaki in a recent statement. "It has been 19 days since the passenger may have processed the since deceased patient's fluid samples."...
This careless dismissal [of her possible exposure] might be enough for the U.S., but Mexico has a much different opinion on the matter. Obviously concerned about a possible Ebola outbreak within its own borders, Mexican officials decided to deny clearance for the ship to port in Cozumel, a popular vacation destination in the Caribbean.
The Central American country of Belize made a similar decision after learning about a possible Ebola case on the ship, refusing to allow the healthcare worker to disembark or be evacuated through the the Phillip Goldson International Airport as requested by the U.S. government."