Morning.
I have just watched the news…full of the Ebola checks that are going to be implemented at Heathrow airport. Apparently nobody is going to try and enter via Gatwick and the Eurostar terminal until next week when the screening starts. The government has it on good authority that nobody will try and gain entry at any other airports and therefore no screening has been set up elsewhere.
People flying from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will be identified by Border Force officers.
Nurses and consultants from Public Health England will then carry out the actual screening.
Passengers will have their temperatures taken, complete a risk questionnaire and have contact details recorded.
Anyone with suspected Ebola will be taken to hospital.
Passengers deemed to be at high risk due to contact with Ebola patients, but who are displaying no symptoms, will be contacted daily by Public Health England. (source)
Presumably by hospital they mean the hastily cobbled together, hope we don’t need to use them facilities, that will supplement our 4 level four bio-containment beds.
What a waste of effing time, money and effort considering that according to Wikipedia we have this many international airports.
Aberdeen Airport
Belfast International Airport
George Best Belfast City Airport
Birmingham International Airport
Bournemouth Airport
Bristol Airport
Cardiff Airport
City of Derry Airport
Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
Durham Tees Valley Airport
Edinburgh Airport
East Midlands Airport
Exeter International Airport
Glasgow International Airport
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Inverness Airport
Leeds/Bradford – Leeds Bradford International Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
London – London City Airport
London – London Gatwick Airport
London – London Heathrow Airport
London – London Luton Airport
London – Southend Airport
London – Stansted Airport
Manchester – Manchester Airport
Newcastle upon Tyne – Newcastle Airport
Newquay Cornwall Airport
Norwich International Airport
Southampton Airport
We are getting to the point where anyone who has the money to do so is going to leave West Africa. A mass migration is in the offing and we are relying on honest answers to ‘appropriate questions’ Nothing can go wrong there then.
We are facing a global pandemic of a disease that has no cure, that seems to be spreading with far more ease than the ‘experts’ would like us to believe, that is infecting fmany health care workers even though they are in full Hazmat gear, and the government is asking a few questions at a single airport.
The United States is not doing any better. A similar system has been implemented at Five US airports over the last week. I haven’t counted how many international airports are on this Wikipedia list, but there’s a hell of a lot more than five.
Akron – Akron Fulton International Airport
Albany – Albany International Airport
Albuquerque – Albuquerque International Airport
Alexandria – Alexandria International Airport
Alice – Alice International Airport
Allentown – Lehigh Valley International Airport
Anchorage – Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Atlanta – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Atlantic City – Atlantic City International Airport
Austin – Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Bakersfield – Meadows Field
Baltimore – Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Bangor – Bangor International Airport
Bellingham – Bellingham International Airport
Billings – Billings Logan International Airport
Binghamton – Greater Binghamton Airport
Birmingham – Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
Boston – Logan International Airport
Brownsville – Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport
Buffalo – Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Burlington – Burlington International Airport
Calexico – Calexico International Airport
Casper – Casper/Natrona County International Airport
Charlotte – Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
Charleston – Charleston International Airport
Chicago – Chicago Midway International Airport
Chicago – Chicago Rockford International Airport
Chicago – O’Hare International Airport
Cincinnati – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cleveland – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Columbus – Port Columbus International Airport, Rickenbacker International Airport
Corpus Christi – Corpus Christi International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth – Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dayton – James M. Cox Dayton International Airport
Daytona Beach – Daytona Beach International Airport
Denver – Denver International Airport
Del Bonita – Whetstone International Airport
Del Rio – Del Rio International Airport
Des Moines – Des Moines International Airport
Detroit – Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Duluth – Duluth International Airport
Eagle Pass – Maverick County Memorial International Airport
Edinburg – South Texas International Airport at Edinburg
El Paso – El Paso International Airport
Erie – Erie International Airport
Fairbanks – Fairbanks International Airport
Fargo – Hector International Airport
Flint – Bishop International Airport
Fort Lauderdale – Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Fort Myers – Southwest Florida International Airport
Fort Wayne – Fort Wayne International Airport
Fort Worth – Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fresno – Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Glasgow – Glasgow International Airport
Grand Rapids – Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Great Falls – Great Falls International Airport
Green Bay – Austin Straubel International Airport
Greensboro – Piedmont Triad International Airport
Greenville/Spartanburg – Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Gulfport/Biloxi – Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
Harlingen – Valley International Airport
Harrisburg/Middletown – Harrisburg International Airport
Honolulu – Honolulu International Airport
Houlton – Houlton International Airport
Houston – George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Huntsville – Huntsville International Airport
Indianapolis – Indianapolis International Airport
International Falls – Falls International Airport
Jackson – Jackson-Evers International Airport
Jacksonville – Jacksonville International Airport
Juneau – Juneau International Airport
Kalamazoo/Battle Creek – Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport
Kalispell – Glacier Park International Airport
Kansas City – Kansas City International Airport
Key West – Key West International Airport
Ketchikan – Ketchikan International Airport
Kona – Kona International Airport
Lake Charles – Chennault International Airport
Lansing – Capital Region International Airport
Laredo – Laredo International Airport
Las Cruces – Las Cruces International Airport
Las Vegas – McCarran International Airport
Los Angeles – Los Angeles International Airport
Louisville – Louisville International Airport
Lubbock – Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
Marquette/Gwinn – Sawyer International Airport
Massena – Massena International Airport
McAllen – McAllen-Miller International Airport
Medford – Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport
Melbourne – Melbourne International Airport
Memphis – Memphis International Airport
Miami – Miami International Airport
Milwaukee – General Mitchell International Airport
Minneapolis/Saint Paul – Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Missoula – Missoula International Airport
Monticello – Sullivan County International Airport
Moses Lake – Grant County International Airport
Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach International Airport
Nashville – Nashville International Airport
New Orleans – Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
New York City – John F. Kennedy International Airport
New York City – LaGuardia Airport
Newark – Newark Liberty International Airport
Newburgh – Stewart International Airport
Newport News – Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
Niagara Falls, New York – Niagara Falls International Airport
Norfolk – Norfolk International Airport
North Charleston – Charleston International Airport/Charleston AFB
Oakland – Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
Ogdensburg – Ogdensburg International Airport
Ontario – Ontario International Airport
Orlando – Orlando International Airport
Palm Springs – Palm Springs International Airport
Panama City Beach – Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
Pensacola – Pensacola International Airport
Peoria – General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport
Philadelphia – Philadelphia International Airport
Phoenix – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh International Airport
Plattsburgh – Plattsburgh International Airport
Pontiac – Oakland County International Airport
Port Angeles – William R. Fairchild International Airport
Port Huron – St. Clair County International Airport
Portland, Maine – Portland International Jetport
Portland, Oregon – Portland International Airport
Portsmouth – Portsmouth International Airport at Pease
Port Townsend – Jefferson County International Airport
Providence – T.F. Green Airport
Quad Cities – Quad City International Airport
Raleigh – Raleigh-Durham International Airport
Reno – Reno-Tahoe International Airport
Richmond – Richmond International Airport
Rochester, Minnesota – Rochester International Airport
Rochester, New York – Greater Rochester International Airport
Sacramento – Sacramento International Airport
Saginaw – MBS International Airport
Salt Lake City – Salt Lake City International Airport
San Antonio – San Antonio International Airport
San Diego – San Diego International Airport
San Francisco – San Francisco International Airport
San Jose – San Jose International Airport
Santa Ana/Orange County – John Wayne Airport (from 2011, after Terminal C is built)
Sarasota\Bradenton – Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Sault Ste. Marie – Chippewa County International Airport
Savannah – Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Seattle – Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Spokane – Spokane International Airport
Saint Louis – Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport
St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
Sweetgrass – Ross International Airport
Syracuse – Syracuse Hancock International Airport
Tampa – Tampa International Airport
Toledo – Toledo Express Airport
Tucson – Tucson International Airport
Tulsa – Tulsa International Airport
Washington, D.C. – Washington Dulles International Airport
Watertown – Watertown International Airport
West Palm Beach – Palm Beach International Airport
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
Wilmington – Wilmington International Airport
Windsor Locks – Bradley International Airport
Yuma – Yuma International Airport
There is only one way to stop Ebola being imported and that is as far as possible stop travel from affected areas. This sounds harsh, but when we get to the situation where we can’t bring home our own people because there are no facilities left to care for them, maybe the penny will drop and our governments will see the massive errors that that have made.
Take Care
Liz
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