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Retracted. I thought the source for restricted travel was US Department of Travel putting restrictions in place on some East African countries.
 
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Where was this published?
 
Canadian Measures.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/ebola/border-measures.html

Read the guidance.

There are NO RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL.

  • CDC temporarily restricted entry for certain travelers who were recently in DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan.
  • As of Friday, May 22, 2026, U.S. citizens and nationals may still enter but will undergo enhanced public health screening.

https://www.cdc.gov/ebola/situation-summary/returning-travelers.html

DRC, South Sudan, Uganda are currently experiencing outbreaks.



https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories/global-events/ebola.html


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BRICKBURN said:
Ignorance and fear are a combination that supports many phobias and anxieties.
  • Anxiety and the unknown.
  • Inability to read a map/globe and understand geography,
  • Failure to differentiate/understand disease transmission and vectors,
  • xenophobia,
  • etc.
As an example:
The nurses in Dallas Texas (2014) that contracted EBOLA would have been in closer proximity to the fearful anywhere in the continental USA than those would be travelers landing in South Africa were to the Liberian EBOLA outbreak at the time.

Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluid, not a cough.


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Dallas to Anchorage, AK.
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Not sure I agree with your last statement, but it is true most of the time.
 
I just finished my 21 day quarantine yesterday, It was a weird experience going from Uganda to Rwanda and into Kenya for two weeks before flying home (rerouted to Atlanta for screening). I am too tired to write about it now but will in detail when my jet lag subsides…. And thankfully never got sick or had any symptoms
 

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Glad you are okay…no thanks to traveling to Uganda or Congo at this time whatsoever
 
Jason Miller said:
I just finished my 21 day quarantine yesterday, It was a weird experience going from Uganda to Rwanda and into Kenya for two weeks before flying home (rerouted to Atlanta for screening). I am too tired to write about it now but will in detail when my jet lag subsides…. And thankfully never got sick or had any symptoms
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word around is that this is a deadlier strain.
 
Rare Breed said:
Glad you are okay…no thanks to traveling to Uganda or Congo at this time whatsoever
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I happened to already there when the news hit, my phone started blowing up at 3 am stating the border to Rwanda was going to close, I didn’t want to be trapped so left and drove straight to the border arriving at 5 am and got through…. Stayed a week in Kigali isolated on a friends farm waiting to get to Kenya where I had remote work to do…. My wife was freaking out and my father hasn’t been that angry with me since high school days…. They think I am reckless which I probably am a bit.
 
Boredrill said:
word around is that this is a deadlier strain.
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Yeah it is, but truthfully Ebola is very survivable if treated accordingly, sadly most rural Congolese and Western Ugandans don’t trust doctors as well as do not have access to any healthcare .. pretty sad as they will trust anything but the truth.
 
Jason Miller said:
I happened to already there when the news hit, my phone started blowing up at 3 am stating the border to Rwanda was going to close, I didn’t want to be trapped so left and drove straight to the border arriving at 5 am and got through…. Stayed a week in Kigali isolated on a friends farm waiting to get to Kenya where I had remote work to do…. My wife was freaking out and my father hasn’t been that angry with me since high school days…. They think I am reckless which I probably am a bit.
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lol…why do you think I am called Rare Breed, I am much the same but fortunately age has greatly reduced my “bull in a china shop syndrome.” Again just glad you are okay!!!
 
Jason Miller said:
Yeah it is, but truthfully Ebola is very survivable if treated accordingly, sadly most rural Congolese and Western Ugandans don’t trust doctors as well as do not have access to any healthcare .. pretty sad as they will trust anything but the truth.
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I hope this doesn't shotdown the world like the last Pandemic.
 
Jason Miller said:
I happened to already there when the news hit, my phone started blowing up at 3 am stating the border to Rwanda was going to close, I didn’t want to be trapped so left and drove straight to the border arriving at 5 am and got through…. Stayed a week in Kigali isolated on a friends farm waiting to get to Kenya where I had remote work to do…. My wife was freaking out and my father hasn’t been that angry with me since high school days…. They think I am reckless which I probably am a bit.
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Being reckless is the fun part
 
Boredrill said:
I hope this doesn't shotdown the world like the last Pandemic.
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Jason Miller said:
Don’t think it will, its seems to be loosing steam from my contacts in DRC. I am not planning on going back to Africa until September. Hopefully it has played out by then.
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Ebola - compared to airborne viruses like flu or Covid - is pretty hard to catch. It requires direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person. One of the reasons it tends to spread among family members and healthcare workers in Third World environments and has difficulty gaining a foothold in developed societies.
 
Jason Miller said:
Yeah it is, but truthfully Ebola is very survivable if treated accordingly, sadly most rural Congolese and Western Ugandans don’t trust doctors as well as do not have access to any healthcare .. pretty sad as they will trust anything but the truth.
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Oh this is so true & seems worse in the West of Africa.

Many years back I was planning a trip to Congo-Brazzaville & doing research on DRC as flights were cheaper into Kinshasa, well there had been a spate of killings/burnings/hangings of Cock Thief’s I thought seems extreme for stealing chickens but it seems it was Witch Doctors - sorcerers (or accused of) stealing “Penis’s” now this is completely ridiculous as no one’s was stolen but several or more people were killed for doing so !

Similar to pointing the Bone at Aboriginal people !

So it’s a bit scary when your a White guy in these places & ANY thing different, strange or bad happens you will get the blame !
 
Sarg said:
Oh this is so true & seems worse in the West of Africa.

Many years back I was planning a trip to Congo-Brazzaville & doing research on DRC as flights were cheaper into Kinshasa, well there had been a spate of killings/burnings/hangings of Cock Thief’s I thought seems extreme for stealing chickens but it seems it was Witch Doctors - sorcerers (or accused of) stealing “Penis’s” now this is completely ridiculous as no one’s was stolen but several or more people were killed for doing so !

Similar to pointing the Bone at Aboriginal people !

So it’s a bit scary when your a White guy in these places & ANY thing different, strange or bad happens you will get the blame
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That is so true, I once was driving from Jo burg to Mozambique at night, ran over something in the road and it thumped under the tires, Looking back it was a person that was hit earlier in the day and probably a hundred cars went over them. My passenger said “Don’t Stop!” As I would be accused of running them over. Pretty freaky, That was back in the 90s
 
Jason Miller said:
That is so true, I once was driving from Jo burg to Mozambique at night, ran over something in the road and it thumped under the tires, Looking back it was a person that was hit earlier in the day and probably a hundred cars went over them. My passenger said “Don’t Stop!” As I would be accused of running them over. Pretty freaky, That was back in the 90s
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I know not really funny but that’s how it is.

Have you heard the one about the babies in certain parts of Mozambique (I remember it as Moz)
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Terrible things happen world wide but in Africa it’s normalised !
 
Sarg said:
I know not really funny but that’s how it is.

Have you heard the one about the babies in certain parts of Mozambique (I remember it as Moz)
?

Terrible things happen world wide but in Africa it’s normalised !
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I have not, Im scared to find out…. Your right about Africa
 
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