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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3/700 msf ex-pat staffers have gotten ebola. i think that more than justifies reasonable quarantine. Msf and feds need to realize that people in us will not tolerate this risk level and they need to respect that if they want to meet goal of sending health care workers in a sustainable manner.[b] Msf docs may be cowboys as far as risk tolerance goes, but the rest of us are not. We do not want a pediatrician just back from Guinea treating our children[/b].

I believe most. americans will support this effort whole heartedly and will treat these doctors and nurses like heroes. But not if our reasonable fears are ignored.

Hickox and supporters keep on saying that this about science not politics, but that is not true. Science can tell us tje risks (maybe)  but cannot dictate how we interpret and respond to risks. [/quote]

Oh please. They're not treating your kids for 21 days, they just want to be at home, able to step out occasionally while checking their temperature. Or riding a bike.[/quote]

That's not true.  MSF's policy is NOT self-quarantine. They do say they "discourage" returning to work for 21 days - but NOT out of concern for patients! They say it's to avoid "stress" (to the health care worker and his collegues, not to patients!) if the health care worker comes down with the flu or some other sickness while they are treating US patients during the incubation period, and mistakenly thinks they have Ebola.  So according to MSF it would be ABSOLUTELY FINE to step off a plane from an Ebola clinic in Guinea and go straight to treating babies in the NICU, or labor and delivery floor, or pediatrician's office. Read the policy for yourself:  http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/msf-protocols-staff-returning-ebola-affected-countries

MSF is an amazing organization, and deserve our support. BUT they need to accept that citizens in the home countries of their volunteers have rights as well.

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