this is what a country and an airline company does when they consider the risks.
they close the flights down but send aid and aid workers.
only crazy leftists like you would argue against it db.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-suspending-flights-to-Ebola-hit-country.html
Liberia's government has attacked British Airways for stopping flights to the Ebola-hit nation, saying it is hampering the international aid effort.
BA suspended its four-times-weekly flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone back in early August, cutting off the only direct links between Britain and the Ebola-infected area of west Africa. It has now extended that suspension until the end of March, amid ongoing concern about "the deteriorating public health situation in both countries".
But other airlines have continued to fly to both countries - backed by aid agencies who say that commercial flights are the only way to ferry in enough international aid workers and equipment to cope with the Ebola outbreak.
In an interview on Wednesday with the Telegraph, Liberia's information minister, Lewis Brown, accused British Airways of a knee-jerk reaction that now risked undermining the long-term aid effort.
"We need as many airlines coming in to this region as possible, because the cost of bringing in supplies and aid workers is becoming prohibitive," he said. "There just aren't enough seats on the planes. I can understand BA's initial reaction back in August, but they must remember this is a global fight now, not just a west African one, and we can't just be shut out."
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With Britain now preparing to send out hundreds of aid workers to both countries - some 400 NHS volunteers are to go to Sierra Leone alone - demand for flights is expected to soar in coming months. Mr Brown urged BA to change its mind, saying it should not undermine the aid work being done by Britain for both countries.
BA says it has based its decision partly on concerns for the safety of its flight staff, although some suspect the real reason is fears of backlash in Britain wer
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they close the flights down but send aid and aid workers.
only crazy leftists like you would argue against it db.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-suspending-flights-to-Ebola-hit-country.html
Liberia's government has attacked British Airways for stopping flights to the Ebola-hit nation, saying it is hampering the international aid effort.
BA suspended its four-times-weekly flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone back in early August, cutting off the only direct links between Britain and the Ebola-infected area of west Africa. It has now extended that suspension until the end of March, amid ongoing concern about "the deteriorating public health situation in both countries".
But other airlines have continued to fly to both countries - backed by aid agencies who say that commercial flights are the only way to ferry in enough international aid workers and equipment to cope with the Ebola outbreak.
In an interview on Wednesday with the Telegraph, Liberia's information minister, Lewis Brown, accused British Airways of a knee-jerk reaction that now risked undermining the long-term aid effort.
"We need as many airlines coming in to this region as possible, because the cost of bringing in supplies and aid workers is becoming prohibitive," he said. "There just aren't enough seats on the planes. I can understand BA's initial reaction back in August, but they must remember this is a global fight now, not just a west African one, and we can't just be shut out."
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With Britain now preparing to send out hundreds of aid workers to both countries - some 400 NHS volunteers are to go to Sierra Leone alone - demand for flights is expected to soar in coming months. Mr Brown urged BA to change its mind, saying it should not undermine the aid work being done by Britain for both countries.
BA says it has based its decision partly on concerns for the safety of its flight staff, although some suspect the real reason is fears of backlash in Britain wer
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