Posted on 10/24/2014 2:54:05 PM PDT by RightGeek
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — In the wake of the first confirmed Ebola virus case in New York City, the states of New York and New Jersey have set up a new screening system that goes above and beyond the guidelines already set up by federal officials.
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“We believe it’s appropriate to increase the current screening procedures from people coming from affected countries from the current (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention screening procedures),” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday afternoon. “We believe it within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey’s legal rights.”
Under the new rules, state officials will establish a risk level by considering the countries that people have visited and their level of possible exposure to Ebola.
The patients with the highest level of possible exposure will be automatically quarantined for 21 days at a government-regulated facility. Those with a lower risk will be monitored for temperature and symptoms, Cuomo explained.
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“He was a doctor, and even he didn’t follow the guidelines,” Cuomo said.
With that in mind, the states have to lay down the law, the governors said.
“It’s too serious a situation to leave it to the honor system,” Cuomo said.
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““He was a doctor, and even he didn’t follow the guidelines,” Cuomo said.
With that in mind, the states have to lay down the law, the governors said.
“It’s too serious a situation to leave it to the honor system,” Cuomo said”
I’m surprised to hear Cuomo say it, but happy to hear he did
Bttt
It must be election season or something.
New Jersey does something right for the first time in my 50 years?
“The patients with the highest level of possible exposure will be automatically quarantined for 21 days at a government-regulated facility. Those with a lower risk will be monitored for temperature and symptoms, Cuomo explained.”
Right from the horses A**
Those who have the virus are going to be force co-mingled with those who could have the virus. In other words when you get placed in the facility then you are likely to end up with Ebola even if you never had it.
If I'm not mistaken, Cuomo last night said the doctor now infected didn't do anything wrong. But now he switches gears and is getting tougher on "patients with the highest risk who will be quarantined for 21 days."
Pardon me for being a little cynical, but considering that Cuomo is a Democrat up for re-election in less than two weeks, he probably figures that distancing himself from the unpopular Obama and the CDC might accrue to his benefit politically. BTW, Cuomo and his GOP opponent for governor, Rob Astorino, clashed on Ebola policy during their debate the other night.
The idea of the state government determining who is "at the highest risk," and forcing them into quarantine for 21 days, smacks of possible civil liberties violations. Only the state will determine if you are at highest risk, and the criteria used to make that determination may in some instances be quite arbitrary. And if such an individual never gets Ebola during the 21 days of quarantine (extremely hard on one's state of mind, almost like imprisonment), can he sue the state government for false imprisonment and loss of income, etc. etc?
The better policy would be for Cuomo to ask the feds for a complete ban of incoming flights from the Ebola-infected countries of Africa. But if he did that, all hell would break loose among his leftist base.
Does that mean less whiney scum will be travelling to Florida?
My dog’s vet and I were discussing this today. She has been doing a lot of studying of ebola, since animals are thought to be the vectors of the disease that has transferred to humans.
She was furious with the doctor in NYC, who, upon arrival from a country where he was treating ebola patients, he proceeded to do a veritable odyssey of NYC, eating out, riding in cabs and public transportation, bowling, and God-knows-what else during the designated incubation period of this nasty disease.
Even people with the common cold know that they are spreading germs around, and flu victims are advised to stay home to avoid infecting other people.
Why would a DOCTOR do such a thing? Would it have been so difficult to stay home and watch TV for three weeks until he knew he was either sick or not?
I just don’t understand it.
But heck, I’m just a Bass player, so what do I know?
Gee, you think this pronouncement has anything to do with re election ? Not speaking to you, personally, but the audience, at large. Thanks.
Give can only expose thier state to risk and cover for incompetence so long
Governors
I agree, and I can only hope that this amounts to the beginning of the end for the incompetent administration. Even the Dems must be at the end of their collective rope. Thank you.
I don’t care if he’s doing it for political reasons.
Maybe just a coincidence, but NY/NJ are where many of the elite leftists live. Funny how these cockroaches straighten up when it’s their hide at risk.
You are absolutely correct. I haven’t been able to understand either why he felt so free to come and go once he arrived back in NYC. He apparently was with his girlfriend also who is reported to be quarantined now.
I also want to know just why a health care provider hasn’t taken precautions enough NOT to come in contact with bodily fluids. I don’t believe that is the only way it is spread as certainly there can’t be that many ignorant health care workers not to take adequate precautions...
We don't know yet how he contacted Ebola virus from his patients, or whether or not bodily fluids were involved in the transmission to the doctor.
One important point to remember as far as transmission in Africa is concerned is that protection equipment and procedures used there for health care workers are in general nowhere near the standard that such equipment and procedures are in the US, due to the general poverty and poor sanitation there.
I don't know this man's psychological makeup, but if he stayed home and watched TV, even if he showed no signs of Ebola, he would undoubtedly have developed some kind of "cabin fever," undoubtedly rather depressing for what seems to be ordinarily a very active individual.
And if he did that, he obviously would need to enlist the services of others to supply him with basic needs, so there would still be some risk of transmitting disease.
Will what he did in the six days in NYC have caused other cases of Ebola? My guess is that the fiancée is at pretty high risk, but others aren't. We'll know more in the next few weeks, I suppose.
In NYC you can order groceries in. He could have paid by credit card over the phone. No reason to go out at all. Selfish. That’s all it is. Total disregard for the health of others. From a doctor, no less.
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