JFK started temperature screenings today and the other airports on the list will start on Thursday.
Ebola screenings begin at JFK airport - CNN
I had no idea that people fly into these airports from the affected countries daily.
CBS News has photos of the temperature screenings. The people taking the screenings are wearing gloves and masks. If Ebola isn't airborne, why the masks?
Ebola screening starting at New York's Kennedy International Airport - CBS News
The Daily Mail has more information on the hi-tech thermometers that don't touch someone's skin.
Quarantine rooms and hi-tech thermometers used on travelers from diseased West Africa and four major U.S. airports will follow suit - Daily Mail
If they start supplying the experimental Ebola vaccines to the people in West Africa, maybe they will get this under control.
We still have be proactive about our own health, especially when traveling.
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