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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take a minute and think about what happened with the others who were NOT quarantined (or were voluntarily quarantined but did not abide by the quarantine), yet traveled around before being diagnosed with Ebola.  The nurse in Texas who traveled on an airplane, went wedding dress shopping, and other places.... then, the doctor in NY who went bowling, rode in a cab, and went other places.....
They may not have been contagious, and the risk to others may have been minimal or nonexistent.  However, the ramifications of their non-quarantine cannot be ignored.  The cost to the businesses, not only in disinfecting, but in lost merchandise and lost customers... the cost of doing the contact tracing.... the alarm caused to others, etc. 
Perhaps all of this was not necessary, but are we willing to take the chance NOT to take these precautions?
I don’t believe that a simple 21-day quarantine is asking too much.  [/quote]

Screw the cost to businesses. If you don't protect the rights of nurses, there won't be any willing to do the job.

The nurse who traveled to Indiana checked in with the CDC before she did so. They told her to travel, even with a 99.5 fever. She was responsible. All of the other healthcare providers have also been responsible for monitoring their symptoms and status. So far they have demonstrated responsibility across the entire health care field.

The panic, demands for quarantine, etc. are the result of your ignorance and fear. There is no scientific reason to do it. We shouldn't be depriving people of their rights just because you are having a panic attack and peeing your pants.

Once upon a time, in the 1980s, my school district put a kid with HIV in a trailer, with a lone teacher, because they were afraid of HIV.  The kid had to eat alone. He couldn't play with other kids. It was cruel.

Your demands that asymptomatic healthcare professionals be placed in quarantine are equally stupid and cruel. If you insist on quarantining nurses, then no nurses will care for Ebola patients. They will walk off the job. If you have an actual outbreak here, you and your family are going to be screwed, because no one is going to be willing to take care of you. [/quote]

I think people just want to know what's with the hazmat suits. If someone just came down with ebola and they have a fever but not vomiting, then why the hazmat suits? Do you need the same kind of suit dealing with a patient in the throes of AIDS? People are getting mixed messages between what's being said and what's being done. [/quote]

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