People who contract Ebola in West Africa are able to get through airport security and screening with a simple ibuprofen. Healthcare experts believe that there must be more security precautions surrounding those traveling in light of the recent spread of the virus.

A screen that shows more than fever temperature is now one of the options that Healthcare experts are trying to bring to airports all over West Africa. Screen that show fever temperatures are already in airports in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone but have not been of much use.

Sean Kaufman, President of Behavioral-Based Improvement Solutions has much concern about the screening, “The fever-screening instruments run low and aren’t that accurate, people can take ibuprofen to reduce their fever enough to pass screening, and why wouldn’t they? If it will get them on a plane so they can come to the United States and get effective treatment after they’re exposed to Ebola, wouldn’t you do that to save your life?”

On Thursday, the man that was diagnosed with the virus lied on a questionnaire at the Monrovia airport about his exposure to an Ebola patient. The man was scanned when he left Liberia and showed no signs of carrying the virus with a body temperature of 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit which did not raise any concern as it is considered a normal body temperature.

When the man landed in Dallas he felt sick, and he went to the E.R., the doctors sent the man home with antibiotics and then he went back to the hospital a few days later and that was when he was diagnosed with Ebola.

There is no doubt in any healthcare experts mind that, if the machines were more accurate and showed more than fever temperatures then this may have been avoided.