Will the Ebola scare be used to ramp up airport security again?

Egginacup · 07-10-2014 1:57pm #1

The slew of ridiculous airport restrictions introduced and refined since 9/11 (body-scanners, shoes and belt and jackets off, no liquids or even sh1t like lipstick or shampoo, aggressive frisking, etc) have been somewhat relaxed since people pushed back against being sexually groped or since people (even the TSA idiots) realised that there is no real threat and the whole thing is just a farce.
The absurd restrictions on liquids has been lifted and you generally don't need to take your shoes off anymore (did they develop clandestine sneaker bomb detectors :pac:?). Which makes me wonder......will they (the people who implemented these measures) now introduce a raft of new "safety measures" at airports now and use this whole Ebola thing to justify them?

New Ebola detection machines that you breathe into or supply a saliva sample? These machines would (like the body scanners) be largely useless but would again make some businessman with connections in Congress fantastically wealthy.

I mean there's money to be made off every crisis whether it's real, overblown or plain imaginary.

jamesbere · 07-10-2014 2:05pm

There won't be any way for airport security to detect if someone has contracted Ebola. If It starts spreading to more countries and more people start getting infected airports will just shut down to stop infection spreading.

_Whimsical_ · 07-10-2014 2:14pm

I hope they introduce some sort of safety measure to be honest. So far the international response has been apathy,it needs a ramp up. Irish hospitals are bursting at the seams coping with our ordinary ailments. I can't imagine how we'd cope here if it arrived.

Maybe not allowing people with a fever onto airplanes as Ebola is only contagious while the patient is symptomatic.It would of course be a huge inconvenience for everyone with the flu or a sore throat etc but its the only measure I can think of that could be practically implemented.