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How to deal with quarantine and the state?
Nurse defies Ebola quarantine, on collision course with governor | Reuters
What are people thinking about this nurses actions?
On the science and reason side of the equation is she right to go on about her business so long as she has no symptoms and thus not carrying the disease nor contagious?
On the politics side: Is the state trying to do the right thing?
The problem with this disease is that youre contagious once you start feeling ill. And anyone who has contact with you is in danger of picking it up as well. And as we’ve seen with the gentleman in Texas and the physician in New York, denial isnt a river in Egypt.
As for this nurse in Maine, the responsible thing would be for her to sit in her cabin and watch cable for a few weeks and work in the garden. Its not like any medical practice is really going to want her to show up to work until the three weeks has passed. But no, she wants to run around and play the martyr. I have zero sympathy for her.
Wow, I guess I have a different view. The only reason Hickox is in the news is that she was forcibly quarantined under an edict issued by the NJ governor, one based entirely on politics. He sensed that he had to “do something.” This nurse got caught in the net. She had no symptoms and tested negative twice. She herself is an epidemiologist who knows what’s what. She was being used as political fodder, caught in a bureaucratic nightmare, and then she fought back, and won! I found the whole thing thrilling.
http://tucker.liberty.me/2014/11/01/the-crazy-politics-of-the-quarantine/?refer=libertyme
Absolutely right.
We were just speculating here that the outcome would likely have been very different if the government had politely asked her to take a short vacation at home, and offered to give her whatever she needed to see her through the three weeks. She may well have been happy to go along with this.
Of course, being stuck in the authoritarian mindset, the officials apprehended her, stuck her in a semi private tent in the middle of a parking lot, in full view of the public, and with almost no amenities. How should she have reacted, except as she did? I blame her not at all; the fault lies with the government of New Jersey being too oppressive, and the Governor of Maine trying to follow suit. I’m glad she found a judge who was willing to make a sensible ruling.
