“It will be an even darker day if Ebola spreads in the densest cities in the USA.”
She is an American citizen, she has and had not symptoms of Ebola. We cannot stand for a government that arbitrarily locks America citizens in quarantine, throws them in a tent with a bucket to use as a bathroom.
That is not the American way and is akin to conditions in a third world prison camp.
RE: She is an American citizen, she has and had not symptoms of Ebola.
The incubation period for Ebola is 9 days at least. Dr. Craig Spencer DID NOT have symptoms of Ebola until later when he started feeling fatigue and was already in contact with many people in the city.
Our military back from Africa is being quarantined and they have not (as far as I can tell) personally handled Ebola victims. Wake up! Quarantines are nothing new to this country.
RE: That is not the American way and is akin to conditions in a third world prison camp.
I will agree with you that the city should have been prepared with a more comfortable method of quarantine.
BUT A QUARANTINE STILL MUST BE DONE, albeit in a humane and relatively better way than she was treated.
Now, the golden rule... will I be willing to be subject to a quarantine under those conditions if I were to be a healthcare worker from Sierra Leone? My answer is YES. for the public good.
How about you?
“We cannot stand for a government that arbitrarily locks America citizens in quarantine”
We have, can and should when the situation warrants it. She was not mistreated. Inconvenienced maybe, but if it turned out she had Ebola, then she would have more quickly gotten the care she needed, you know, before she would go out jogging or fly somewhere potentially impacting others. I really surprised me the lackadaisical attitude these health professionals have towards this.
Quarantine and living in a tent aren’t second class demeaning situations. It might very well be the discerning edge between life and death for millions.
Nobody is safe by monitoring somebody exposed to ebola as they travel cross country and seek to schedule book-signing tours and anything else they can conceive to come into direct physical contact with as many people imaginable.
Human contagions don’t have the right to spread their contagion to others.
there were American citizens on that Carnival cruise that was banned from entering the ports in Mexico etc..
some of them were celebrating birthdays, anniversaries family reunions, honeymoons..
for some of them it was the one trip of their lifetime..
Ive cruised several times..I know what people think of their trips..and how excited they can be anticipating the shore excursions etc..
one selfish dumb Ebola Nurse type just like your “heroine” decided to hide the fact they had worked at the hospital in Dallas with connections to Ebola Man and go on that same cruise as those innocent American citizens..
and ruined the cruise for 3,000 others..and caused them to spend the days in dread and fear instead of relaxation and fun...
My sympathy is with them..
What part of she had a fever do you not understand?
“. We cannot stand for a government that arbitrarily locks America citizens in quarantine, throws them in a tent with a bucket to use as a bathroom.
That is not the American way and is akin to conditions in a third world prison camp.”
Wrong, it IS the American way and was done for centuries. It is one of the positive steps taken to turn the country into the best country in the world. The 3rd world countries are filthy hell holes because they do not practice strict hygiene and take public health measures seriously.
Wanting to emulate those disease infested countries with open borders will lead to bringing our health standards down to theirs.
She was considered high risk for developing ebola because she had active caregiver contact with many who died from it(by her own admission).
I can understand the civil liberty issue. She should have turned around and voluntarily stayed in quarantine in NJ after making her point. That’s what an honorable nurse would do.
She’s an embarrassment to the profession of nursing, along with being a guilty white liberal who values brown lives over white instead of valuing all human life equally. I am ashamed that she calls herself a nurse.
Mrs. AV
Bzzzz...Wrong. Try again noob.
I disagree. Anybody that has been around infected Ebola patients needs to be quarantined upon return. That is just common sense. Apparently the doctor in NYC did not have symptoms at first either. If he had been quarantined upon arrival, he would not have been riding around the subway or infecting bowling alleys. You think it is better to leave these people free to roam around and spread disease if they do turn out to be infected? The military people are being quarantined upon return from West Africa. I do not see why the civilian medical people who go there should not be, especially since they likely had much more contact with Ebola patients than the average soldiers do.
Olivia. You're beginning to irritate me with your hyperbole.