Re: Let me get this stratight
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Canadian teabaggers eh?
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Date: November 01, 2014 06:44PM
Canadians and Australians don't understand science either...
Canada won't issue visas to residents of countries with widespread Ebola
Last Updated Friday, October 31, 2014 10:29PM EDT
TORONTO -- Canada is following in Australia's footsteps and has closed its doors, effectively immediately, to people from the West African countries battling Ebola.
In a move that puts Canada at odds with the World Health Organization, the federal government said Friday it is suspending the issuance of visas for residents and nationals of countries with "widespread and persistent-intense transmission" of Ebola virus disease. As well, work on permanent residence applications for people from the affected countries is also being suspended.
The stress on countries with widespread transmission provides an out for the United States, which currently still has at least one active Ebola case within its borders. At present only three countries meet the definition of widespread and persistent Ebola transmission: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.