“Do you KNOW where the TENT was and what she had access to, or are you a TODAY SHOW viewer??”
I don’t watch a whole lot of TV and if I did, the Today Show would be on my watch list somewhere below reruns of Gilligan’s Island and test patterns.
I don’t care if they use a tent, a hospital, a cave or an island, I’m opposed to quarantining people that do not have Ebola.
She was in a FREAKING HOSPITAL!!! I PRAY you are her NEIGHBOR and FRIEND!!!
You have NO IDEA if she has Obala or not....it doesn’t show symtoms for days or weeks.......GET EDUCATED if you dare!!
Sounds like you should go and keep her company until they know of she does or does not have it.
Trying to understand those of you siding with this nurse... I think I understand now. I think you've never been a patient tested for an infectious disease.
Let me tell you what happens - to EVERYONE suspected of having an infectious disease: You're isolated in a hospital room undergoing tests by infectious disease experts. Until they figure out what you have, they don't take any chances. And, believe me, if you're a sensible, normal person (unlike Nurse Hickox), you're glad they're not taking chances.
You might have to wait a week for the test results. In the meantime, you stay... alone... in a room. If you're lucky (as I was), the results are negative, and EVENTUALLY you're released.
This nurse wasn't treated any differently. She was put into isolation in NJ until her test results came back negative, and then she was released. She'll have to stay home and monitor herself for a while. Big deal.
All this talk about this nurse's civil liberties is a bunch of nonsense. Don't fall for it. Ask yourself: What do you think this nurse told her OWN patients? I'll bet she told them to STAY PUT while they waited for THEIR test results. She probably was in favor of them being quarantined, too. She just doesn't want the rules to apply to her. ;-)
I did have some sympathy for her having to be in the accommodations she was staying at in NJ (at least as presented on TV...) - however, after she was released to stay in the comfort of her own home for the remainder of the 21 days and she just flippantly stated she had no intention of abiding by it and would go where she pleases, it was pretty clear she’s got a serious attitude problem and doesn’t really care even enough to give others simple peace of mind.