Posted on Oct 30, 2014
What is your views on the Ebola nurse defying self quarantine order?
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Kaci Hickox took her campaign against an Ebola quarantine out for a spin on Thursday.
The Maine nurse, openly defying an order to stay home after she treated patients in West Africa, sped off on a bike ride on a sunny morning with her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur. She returned after about an hour.
“I hope that we can continue negotiations and work this out amicably,” Hickox told reporters. “There is no legal action against me, so I’m free to go on a bike ride in my hometown.”
Authorities in Maine are pursuing a court order to enforce the quarantine through Nov. 10. Hickox says she is completely healthy and free of symptoms, and that the quarantine is unnecessary and unconstitutional.
Hickox was kept in an isolation tent for three days after she returned to the United States last week. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie let her go on Monday, and she was driven to Maine, which imposed its own quarantine.
Some states have gone further than federal health officials and ordered quarantines for health workers returning from Ebola-stricken countries in Africa, even when they show no symptoms and therefore would not be contagious anyway.
Late Wednesday night, with a state trooper looking on, Hickox stepped outside the house in Fort Kent where she has been holed up. She said: “I’m not willing to stand here and let my civil rights be violated when it’s not science-based.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/kaci-hickox-nurse-ebola-quarantine-standoff-goes-bike-ride-n237421
The Maine nurse, openly defying an order to stay home after she treated patients in West Africa, sped off on a bike ride on a sunny morning with her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur. She returned after about an hour.
“I hope that we can continue negotiations and work this out amicably,” Hickox told reporters. “There is no legal action against me, so I’m free to go on a bike ride in my hometown.”
Authorities in Maine are pursuing a court order to enforce the quarantine through Nov. 10. Hickox says she is completely healthy and free of symptoms, and that the quarantine is unnecessary and unconstitutional.
Hickox was kept in an isolation tent for three days after she returned to the United States last week. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie let her go on Monday, and she was driven to Maine, which imposed its own quarantine.
Some states have gone further than federal health officials and ordered quarantines for health workers returning from Ebola-stricken countries in Africa, even when they show no symptoms and therefore would not be contagious anyway.
Late Wednesday night, with a state trooper looking on, Hickox stepped outside the house in Fort Kent where she has been holed up. She said: “I’m not willing to stand here and let my civil rights be violated when it’s not science-based.”
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/kaci-hickox-nurse-ebola-quarantine-standoff-goes-bike-ride-n237421
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PO3 Shaun Taylor CPT Michael Barden
I agree with CPT Michael Barden that her work overseas in treating Ebola patients was selfless and compassionate, however, her blatant disregard for the possibility she could be carrying the virus now is the antithesis of that selfless act.
Given her total disregard for the safety of those around her, should she be the cause of someone contracting the Ebola virus, she should be charged with Reckless Endangerment or whatever a similar charge would be in the jurisdiction she is in.
In the meantime, if she will not commit to voluntary quarantine, I would make it involuntary and put her away somewhere until it was proven that she was OK. I would also pursue whatever charges I could for her total disregard for the safety of the public.
Of course, if we had an Administration that would establish a coherent policy to deal with this significant public health issue, much of this nonsense would cease to exist.
I agree with CPT Michael Barden that her work overseas in treating Ebola patients was selfless and compassionate, however, her blatant disregard for the possibility she could be carrying the virus now is the antithesis of that selfless act.
Given her total disregard for the safety of those around her, should she be the cause of someone contracting the Ebola virus, she should be charged with Reckless Endangerment or whatever a similar charge would be in the jurisdiction she is in.
In the meantime, if she will not commit to voluntary quarantine, I would make it involuntary and put her away somewhere until it was proven that she was OK. I would also pursue whatever charges I could for her total disregard for the safety of the public.
Of course, if we had an Administration that would establish a coherent policy to deal with this significant public health issue, much of this nonsense would cease to exist.
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PO1 Walter Duncan
As a former service member, I agree we know 3 weeks for the guaranteed safety of the public. It is not taking away of her civil rights as she so BS******* put it. 21 days is the basic incubation period, 42 is the real incubation if she wanted to get to closer to 0%. We are just working with a general low term from WHO. But, they always want to make a case that their rights are being infringed, but the reason our military HAS to do the 21 is not because they did not volunteer to go over like Hagel said. But, it really is because if someone comes down with the disease then someone will have to answer for it. If there was no 21 days then the ones responsible are located in one location. But, the 21 is just a simple answer and why we think otherwise is another of the many problems we are facing. God bless this country and our fighting Men and Women.
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PO2 Suzanne Higgins
As a nurse she had taken an oath, to provide the best possible care and have regard to the public. Her blatant disregard for public safety especially working for the CDC tells me she's in it for the lawsuit to follow, and not a nurse I would want treating me.
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MSgt (Join to see)
She's setting her self up to be the poster child and lead speaker at the DNC in 2016.
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To go to Africa and help in that uncertainty is a heroic and selfless act. To return to your host country and blatantly disregard the laws that watch out for the safety of the masses is offensive. All of our troops going to Africa already know that they will face quarantine procedures upon returning home. Not a peep. Selfless service as always. Not the case with this one. Me first,.....320,000,000 of you are interfering with MY freedom.
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SSG Mark Faircloth
Well, she already spent the time in her mandatory quarantine. What she violated was the VOLUNTARY quarantine. Why aren't we slamming the State for trying to force her to comply with a voluntary quarantine?
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The only reason we are hearing so much about Ebola is because the mid-term elections are in a few days. Ebola isn't a major threat in the developed world, but politicians hope to earn points with voters through fear-mongering and paternalistic protection.
She has every right to go on a bike ride. Infected people are only contagious after showing symptoms, and if she's healthy there's no reason for her to be locked up just to make ignorant people feel better.
She has every right to go on a bike ride. Infected people are only contagious after showing symptoms, and if she's healthy there's no reason for her to be locked up just to make ignorant people feel better.
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