Ohio adopts mandatory Ebola quarantine for exposed workers

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | November 1, 2014 | By Misti Crane

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Nurses, doctors and other health-care workers who return to Ohio after tending to Ebola patients will face a mandatory 21-day home quarantine under Ohio Department of Health rules issued yesterday.

The state’s new protocol is stricter than federal recommendations and adds Ohio to a handful of states, including New York and New Jersey, that have taken a step that some public-health experts have said is overkill.

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FR's own ex-spurts will be by shortly to insist Ebola isn't contagious.

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[grania]

Except for that nut in Maine, I can’t imagine people will object to a 21 day paid vacation in their homes. Keep in mind the Cleveland area had one of the first threats, and people have been very supportive of vigorous methods to stop the spread of Ebola.

[Sacajaweau]

Don’t kid yourself...she’s on a paid vacation, too.

[oust the louse]

Let’s hope our Governor has the balls to tell any selfish, arrogant stupid moron who doesn’t care about anyone but themselves that they need to stay the **** in their house until the threat is gone.

[Whenifhow]

Ohio Ping

[Oshkalaboomboom]

public-health experts

Isn't that an Oxymoron?

[tomkat]

" I'll go with:  Ohio Says for $1,000, Alex "

[Kozak]

I support quarantine. But who says it’s going to be paid? Most doctors are privately employed or independent contractors. No work, no pay. Not a lot of hospitals are going to pay nurses to sit home either.
Finally how stupid is this
Doctor or nurse “welcome to quarantine”
Joe Ebola from West Africa “ welcome to America”

[hauerf]

“A handful of states, including New York and New Jersey, have taken a step that some public-health experts have said is overkill.”

Oooooh, we certainly don’t want to engage in overkill by quarantining people who may have Ebola for, heaven forbid, 21 days. The consequences of doing that would be really, really, really bad. A partial list of bad consequences would include, hmmm, let me see, uhhh, uh oh, I can’t think of any.

[VerySadAmerican]

What could possible go wrong? Could it get out of hand and be abused?

“You! The one wearing the tea party shirt! I saw you cough and vomit and you look a little warm. To the confinement area! Now!”

[nomad]

Another ray of sanity.

[Pontiac]

I agree it is a hardship. But it is better than having a returning healthcare worker come back to work and infect a hospital full of other healthcare workers.

We certainly can't afford to loose even a single healthcare professional with a possible pandemic on the horizon and ObamaCare decimating the healthcare ranks.

It might be an economic benefit to a healthcare provider to pay an employee to sit in quarantine than come back to work and cause dozens of other employees to take of work to avoid the employee out of fear.

[Pontiac]

With the complete cloud cover of insanity of the era of Obama it is a welcome change.

[fivecatsandadog]

The liberal lame-brain nurse in Maine (poetic....) should be CANNED. But it won't happen thanks to the nitwit judge who ruled in her favor: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/31/health/us-ebola/index.html

"They are why I'm here," she said, acknowledging that she will work in Africa again. "I hope that one day I can meet some of them at the airport and give them a big hug and let them know that we're in this together ... This is important day for public health."

[Las Vegas Dave]

Thanks for the ping..!

[RC one]

I’m an ER nurse and I have no problem with erring on the side of caution. Caution is prudent when dealing with unknowns that can kill you and other people.

[Dqban22]

CDC ADMITS DROPLETS FROM SNEEZE COULD SPREAD EBOLA
CDC TO PURCHASE BODY BAGS IN ANTICIPATION OF MORE EBOLA DEATHS

http://www.infowars.com/cdc-to-purchase-body-bags-in-anticipation-of-more-ebola-deaths/

This histrionic nurse who refused to obey the Ebola quarantine is another Wendy Davis trying to become in the new darling of the democratic MSM.

This nurse is a typical democratic spoiled brat that in pursuit of his political agenda she puts in grave danger the health of her family and neighbors. If she had arrived in NY, where the governor is Democrat, instead of NJ, she would have not mounted such a disgraceful show.

While Obama disregards the Ebola menace, the Ebola panic spreads at the Defense Department.

Soldiers returning home from Ebola infested African countries are quarantine 21 days in ItCDC admits droplets from a sneeze could spread Ebolaaly before entering U.S.
430 doctors and nurses died killed by the disease while treating Ebola patients in Africa...

Some African countries put 42 days in quarantine those coming from Ebola countries.

Why are health care workers coming from Ebola countries not forced to be at least 21 days in quarantine when they return to U.S.A. for the protection of their own families and the country?

TAKES ONE’S BREATH AWAY....:

This is mind boggling!!! Don’t you think it’s about time Pee Wee developed a PLAN??? This is a time for LEADERSHIP, not his constant waffling. Is it time to panic? Of course not. The time to panic is when it is too late to develop a consistent plan of action. What is the incubation time for STUPIDITY?

Lewiston Idaho veterinarian’s Letter to the Editor re: Ebola, Nails it!

The present Ebola crisis in the world is frightening.
I have submitted the following letter to the editor of the Lewiston Morning Tribune:

Editor, Lewiston Morning Tribune:

If I wish to import a horse into the United States from Liberia or any African country other than Morocco, the horse needs to undergo a 60 day quarantine period at a USDA approved quarantine facility prior to mingling with the general population of horses in this country. Africa has a disease called African Horse Sickness that does not exist in the US; this is the way we have kept it out of this country.

African Horse Sickness does not cause disease in people, only horses; our government has determined that it would be devastating to the US horse industry if it were to come here.

The United States (and virtually all other countries) require a myriad of tests and often quarantine prior to bringing in a foreign animal.

I can’t legally cross state lines in the United States with a horse or cow without a health certificate signed by a USDA accredited veterinarian stating that the animal has been inspected and found free of infectious disease. In most cases blood tests are also required. In fact I can’t legally cross the Snake River and ride my horse in Idaho without a health certificate and a negative blood test for Equine Infectious Anemia.

I’m not complaining; the United States of America, the States of Idaho and Washington as well as the other 48 states take the health of our livestock very seriously, and we have a very good record at keeping foreign animal diseases out of our country. I am happy to do my part to maintain biosecurity in our animal population.

If I am a resident of Liberia incubating Ebola, to enter the United States all I need to do is present a valid visa, and lie when asked if I have been exposed to Ebola. Within hours (no quarantine required) I can be walking the streets of any city in the United States.

I feel very fortunate to live in a country that values our animals so highly.

David A. Rustebakke, DVM
Oct 29, 2014