A majority of Americans support
banning all flights to the United States from countries experiencing an
Ebola outbreak, an exclusive NBC News online survey reveals.
The survey, which was
conducted by SurveyMonkey and then weighted for age, race, sex,
education and region to match U.S. Census data, found that 58 percent of
Americans want a ban on incoming flights from West African countries
hardest hit by the virus, such as Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.
Twenty percent of respondents opposed a travel ban, and the rest said
they didn’t know. The survey was conducted a day before the first person
diagnosed with Ebola inside the U.S. died Wednesday.