GOP adviser sees problems with Ebola travel ban

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former HHS secretary under President George W. Bush says he sees “lots of problems” with using travel bans to contain diseases like Ebola.

Republican Mike Leavitt was in charge of bird flu preparedness under Bush. He says that at the time, officials studied a travel ban intensely but concluded such an approach might not work.

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