Health officials warn that the Ebola virus can continue spreading from West Africa to the United States and other points around the world, as infected travelers make their exits without knowledge that symptoms — fever, red eyes and bleeding — can take up to three weeks to kick in.
National Geographic news reports that the virus will likely hit the U.S. but can be contained.
West African airports plan to monitor passengers and identify anyone with a fever. CDC director for Global Migration and Quarantine Martin Cetron told National Geographic: “It makes more sense to put checkpoints in West African countries than to scan incoming passengers in the U.S.”
For the most part, health experts agree that people are probably safe in the U.S:
Public health educators and medical professionals in the United States and other highly industrialized countries would deal with it swiftly. It’s an advantage the poor affected countries in West Africa don’t have.
