EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES. . . Obama Nixed Bush-Era Quarantine Proposal. “The new rules would have required air passengers to submit more information to airlines and strengthened the government’s authority to detain travelers suspected of carrying disease. . . . Liberals like to say that President Bush and Republicans generally are ‘science deniers.’ But in this instance, Bush followed the path recommended by the Centers for Disease Control — no science deniers, they. It was Obama who elevated ideology over science thereby (to borrow the CDC’s words) denying Americans ‘critical’ protection against ‘dangerous diseases spread by travelers.'”

Note that Obama was quick to ban flights to Israel, but won’t ban flights from infected areas in West Africa.