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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quarantine is not recommended. What he did was prudent. [/quote]

BS. His actions caused panic and expense. He could have stayed home.

Has any media asked Hickox why she is so adamant? Her first complaints were that the tent was cold and she couldn't charge her phone. So the compromise is, she finishes quarantine at home in Maine. Residents of the town want her out-- they made a FB page about this. WHY is at-home not good enough? Why the me, me, me? Something is off about her.[/quote]

Agree - she's wierdly defiant about something that seems like basic common sense.  Yes, of course, until symptoms appear, a person isn't contagious.  But what is to say that a person couldn't be out and about or traveling or in a public space like a school or public transport, and begin to show symptoms.  The chances are small, perhaps, but this is nonetheless a possibility.

I wouldn't want to think for a second that I'd infected anyone with a potentially deadly disease and if I were in her shoes I'd undertake a quarantine in a heartbeat.  Cannot imagine why these health care workers are so cavalier. [/quote]

Because she KNOWS that she won't infect anyone if she's asymptomatic, which she is. You really think she'd travel overseas to care for Ebola victims, see firsthand what a horrible disease it is, and then come back to the U.S. with the intention of infecting people. If she thought she had Ebola and was contagious she'd get herself to a hospital as soon as possible because no one knows better than someone who's actually treated Ebola how important that is, both for her health and the health of her community. But there's no evidence she has Ebola - in fact, all the evidence (including 2 negative blood tests) is that she doesn't, and even if she were carrying the virus she can't spread it to anyone because she has no symptoms.

She's fighting the quarantine because it's wrong. If she's quarantined, then why aren't they quarantining the health care workers who are caring for the doctor in Bellevue? [/quote]

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