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Air France Flight Diverted Over Ebola Travel Ban

Air France Flight Diverted Over Ebola Travel Ban

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Blocking an unauthorized traveler from a Congo Ebola zone before landing is exactly how disease containment is supposed to work. US Customs and Border Protection enforced entry restrictions that exist for a reason — nearly 140 people had already died in that outbreak. Diverting the flight was the right call, and passengers were still safely delivered to Detroit.

Forcing 300+ passengers into masks and diverting their flight over a traveler who wasn't even sick is security theater, not public health policy. Cutting Wi-Fi and upending an entire flight for someone showing zero symptoms proves these Ebola protocols are about optics, not outcomes. This kind of overreach punishes innocent travelers while solving nothing.


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