Fighting Ebola: Why an African Travel Ban Won't Help the U.S.

In the wake of the revelation that the Dallas man infected with Ebola flew on United Airlines flights from Liberia, more than a few people have seized on a blunt response: Ban flights from West Africa. Rep. Ted Poe, R.-Texas, has written to the Centers for Disease Control asking it to recommend travel restrictions. Rep. Alan Grayson, D.-Fla., has called for a 90-day ban on travel from Ebola-touched countries to the U.S. The White House is resisting those calls, and that's the right thing to do. Restricting travel to and from the affected region will have little impact on the already minimal risk to Americans from the Ebola virus while further worsening the situation in West Africa. And the...