In Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the Ebola virus was quickly widespread. Some countries banned flights from those infected areas for the safety of their own population. Although flight bans seem to be an easy solution to the problem, they can lead to negative outcomes. Flight bans could negatively affect societies because the virus would be less contained, researchers would have trouble working, and economies would ultimately change. Since there is no known cure for the virus, people have become afraid and expect flights to be banned so they can feel safe. According to Greg Botelho and Jacque Wilson from CNN, “Thomas Eric Duncan was the first Ebola death in the United States.” This caused panic to the people which lead to demands to
