Posted on 10/28/2014 10:29:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The nurse who was confined against her will at a New Jersey hospital after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is seeking time to decompress at an undisclosed location in Maine, her lawyer said Tuesday.
Kaci Hickox's partner, a nursing student, has opted to stay away from the University of Maine at Fort Kent to be with her, a university official said. His off-campus home showed no sign of activity Tuesday.
"At this point, he has made a decision he has decided to take a break from campus," said Ray Phinney, associate dean of student life and development. "We don't know exactly when to expect him back," he added.
There was disagreement Tuesday over Hickox's status.
The state of Maine said she agreed to be quarantined, but her lawyer insisted there's no quarantine.
Steve Hyman, one of Hickox's lawyers, said the state should follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that require only monitoring, not quarantine, for health care workers who show no symptoms after treating Ebola patients.
He said he expected her to remain in seclusion for the "next day or so" while he works with Maine health officials.
There was no immediate clarification from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services or from the governor's office.
Hickox, who volunteered in Africa with Doctors Without Borders, was the first person forced into New Jersey's mandatory quarantine for people arriving at Newark Liberty from three West African countries.
She spent the weekend in a quarantine tent despite her objections over her treatment at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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Throw both of their sorry rear ends into quarantine.
I'll post it as soon as I find it again.
Yeah, I heard she’s working part time at the local Mcdonalds.
RE: Yeah, I heard she’s working part time at the local Mcdonalds.
So, how’s the business doing?
“has opted to stay away from the University”
Is it because yesterday the students were demanding he be quarantined? LOL!!!
I don’t wish Ebola on anyone. But, frankly my heart would not bleed if that nurse, who feels that it isn’t fair for her to be quarantined in order to prevent the spread of a deadly disease, got it. If she got it it might actually save lives because sooner or later the clowns in the whitehouse and the CDC might take note and enforce common sense policies.
Nah, that is not going to happen.
***”She is seeking privacy and a little time to decompress,” Hyman said.***
Now that she is getting hammered by regular folks on her Facebook fan page, she wants privacy. I see. Cause a ruckus, and then complain about all the attention. Got it.
Ever notice how anyone involved with ebola seems to travel more in one week than the average person does in a year? It’s like they spend their lives at ticket counters and departure gates.
It is a dark day in America when the government can force a person with no symptoms into quarantine and place them in a tent in Newark.
RE: It is a dark day in America when the government can force a person with no symptoms into quarantine and place them in a tent in Newark.
It will be an even darker day if Ebola spreads in the densest cities in the USA.
If you wait for symptoms, you risk being too late.
Personally I prefer that the “nurse” be confined against her will” than my family be diseased against my will after she wandered aimlessly all over the country infecting American citizens with Ebola...
She had no symptoms!
They forced her into a tent with a bucket to poop in!
RE: Ever notice how anyone involved with ebola seems to travel more in one week than the average person does in a year? It’s like they spend their lives at ticket counters and departure gates.
I am not surprised at all. After spending a lot of your time in a hell hole surrounded by the disease, you will want to go out and enjoy life...
Which makes it just like the place she just left...
where do you live she can quarantine at your bright house...
She had symptoms when she arrived in Newark. She had a fever, came in from West Africa, and had worked with patients who had Ebola. It wasn’t just any tent. It was a nicely accommodated mobile hospital room in a special isolation tent.
Once she tested negative for the virus, I agree that she was free to go to self monitored quarantine.
Just because she has now raised a ruckus about this, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t proceed with caution when the situation warrants it, as it did WHEN she arrived in the States.
her CDC connection has been scrubbed from the Internet so some have said...
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