The White House made a push Sunday against a mandate ordered by several states over the last three days that requires all health care workers returning from West Africa who had any contact with Ebola patients to be put in quarantine for 21 days, regardless of symptoms or test results.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced the mandatory quarantine policy, which far exceeds Federal guidelines, on Friday, a day after New York doctor Craig Spencer was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Guinea, where he contracted the disease. Illinois and Florida have followed suit and put similar policies in place.
The New York Times reports that the Obama administration is now levying pressure on both New York and New Jersey to roll back the new rules, after the detainment practice received widespread criticism from the health community.
Obama also refused to restrict travel from counties that had the Ebola virus and allowed people with the virus into the US. Obama would have never cut off travel from China and Europe as early as Trump did.
US President Barack Obama has ruled out imposing a travel ban on Ebola-hit countries of West Africa.
He said isolating an entire region, a move urged by some Republicans, would make the situation worse.
Oh yeah, the beauty part of this is that O'Keefed was a big supporter of this move by Obama and claimed anyone who supported the ban was just a racist.
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US President Barack Obama has ruled out imposing a travel ban on Ebola-hit countries of West Africa.
He said isolating an entire region, a move urged by some Republicans, would make the situation worse.
Oh yeah, the beauty part of this is that O'Keefed was a big supporter of this move by Obama and claimed anyone who supported the ban was just a racist.