There’s no evidence to suggest the move was in retaliation. Just karma.

It’s also a dumb idea.

Mind you, it’s not as staggeringly dumb as demanding a ban on all flights to the US from West Africa—or, as some of the less geographically-aware among us have it, Africa—and it won’t disrupt the continent’s economy as much, but it will divert resources away from real public-health issues.

Rwandan authorities continue to deny entry to visitors who traveled to Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, or Sierra Leone within the past 22 days.

I don’t pretend to be a public health expert, but I would think screening visitors before departure from those countries would make more sense than a ban.

It would make more sense to screen children with family members who’ve had the flu or children who come from homes with guns.

Yes. Yes it would.

–alopecia

Or, quarantine the entire state and build a wall around it.

Actually, that solution would also keep people out, so we should be able to get plenty of support from native Texans for the project.

The “concerned parents” have probably been wanting for some time to do something to these kids (and by extension their parents) as part of their standard “Welcome to ‘Merika! Land of Freedom! Now please stay under the heal of our metaphorical boot unless instructed otherwise.” howdy do conservative Americas extends to all immigrate populations.

Ebola is just the excuse they needed.