Pros And Cons Of Ebola

Ebola is a world issue at this point, as leaders of public health we have the responsibility to make an example of how to handle viral outbreaks. The current ban on visas to those who have been in west Africa is not the way to do this. While some believe that banning these people from entering Canada is the best way to protect our citizens, there are several arguments against the ban. Including that the bans gives incentive for countries to hide viral outbreaks, that this gives incentive for people to travel via les documented means in order to avoid these bans, that these people can not be tracked and helped if they are found to be infected, the several effects that disregarding the WHO, the experts leading world health, can have, and the unjustified reasons for implementation [1]. I will consider both sides.
This will seriously inhibit the amount of people who could carry EVD from entering Canada [3]. However, this could further influence other countries to hide viral outbreak, like SARS in China, or like Liberia. Not only could countries try to hide it, individual citizens could hide that they have been in the infected countries by using fake passports or traveling via undocumented means [3]. This will mean all carriers in Canada will be undocumented carriers, and since all undocumented carriers are threats to Canadian public health, then all carriers in Canada are threats to Canadian public health [4a]. It would be better to let them in, accepting that they are potential carriers so they do not have to hide