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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPossible new Ebola patient hospitalized in Newark, NJ: another staffer at Doctors Without Borders.
Hopefully this is a false alarm, but I'm glad they're reacting cautiously.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/new-york-new-jersey-will-quarantine-ebola-doctors-n233536
On Friday, a staffer of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) who had been treating Ebola patients in West Africa was quarantined after arriving at Newark Airport. The New Jersey Department of Health said the worker showed no symptoms initially but developed a fever Friday evening and was isolated at University Hospital in Newark.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)medical personnel.
So has NY.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)That's alarming.
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Let's hope that's all it is but NY and NJ made a good decision on quarantining her.
sabbat hunter
(6,829 posts)will be saying again we should stop all flights coming from West Africa (even if they are US citizens). in 3.....2....1
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)quarantined whether they were presenting with symptoms or not.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)to be quarantined for 21 days after their associate developed Ebola?
It's a good idea. Better to quarantine one person now than dozens or more later on, if an exposed person goes on to develop Ebola.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Nope I don't believe I did.
But feel free to engage in the HOF club activities if that's what makes you happy.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)paranoid and fearful folk who say fuck the science, give me my blankee?
Because also taking her luggage and treating it like it was radioactive is fucking stupid beyond fucking stupid?
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Sweaty fingers gonna get ya, BOO!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I am not too familiar with the laws here but it is legal here in NY.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)What I'm wondering is, whether they come down with the virus or not, can they sue for unlawful imprisonment? I wonder if the ACLU could answer our questions?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)clear science may well have wings.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)sick and poor, to sacrifice your own well being and the riches of an American doctor...and to then come back to your rich and paranoid nation to be greeted as a monster...fuck that.
Against all the scientific evidence, bowing to public pressure and paranoia, fuck that too.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)LeftInTX
(25,305 posts)and hot from being stuck in stuffy room.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)We will know by the morning if she has it.