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October 8, 2014

U.S. Set to Unveil Tougher Ebola Screening at Domestic, Foreign Airports 
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is preparing to
roll out tougher Ebola screening measures at airports later this week.
The new requirements would take effect in the United States and
overseas. On Tuesday, CDC Director Tom Frieden said the global Ebola
response should not stigmatize or demonize people or communities.

Tom Frieden: "I think we have to keep a couple of things in mind. The
first is that, globally, this is going to be long, hard fight. And the
second is that we can never forget that the enemy here is a virus. The
enemy is Ebola, not people, not countries, not communities — a
virus. And it's a virus that doesn't spread through the air and that we
do know how to control. We do know how to stop it, by isolating
patients, doing contact tracing and breaking the chains of
transmission."

 

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