Hickox said health care professionals like those at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - not politicians like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Maine Gov.Paul LePage — should be in charge of making decisions that are grounded in science, not fear.”
a STATE JUDGE rejected attempts to restrict her movements.. he had extensive science/health care background no doubt.
Here is more on her situation, she complied, didn’t have Ebola, and then the panic caused politics got involved, Ebola was nothing new and had been around almost 40 years at the time.
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2017/kaci-hickox-ebola-nurse/