Courtesy of Mish.
In response to Obama's Lame Response to Ebola; No Protocols but Lots of Fearmongering one person responded that I was "over-cooking the Ebola crisis".
Amusingly, another reader accused me of "underplaying the crisis".
A third reader asked "what is the free market response?" A similar question arose in a comment to Acting Man's post The Ebola Outbreak – A Black Swan.
Before tackling the free market issue, let's first review the government's response to date.
- Airport restrictions but only at 5 airport, not all of them
- Temperature taking procedures initiated
- In spite temperature worries, a nurse self-reported to the center for disease control that she had an elevated temperature and ebola patient contact, but was told go ahead and fly
Think about the act of temperature taking. Whoever administered the test would have been in close contact with everyone on or entering the plane. Is that a good idea? Do sneezes and coughs happen?
Enough said.
Free Market Response
It's 100% certain the free market response would not have been the government's response to date.
And what about my proposal of flight bans from epidemic countries?
Government mandated is not free market by definition. But, it's entirely possible my solution is what the free market would have arrived at!
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