U.S. quarantines 'chilling' Ebola fight in West Africa: MSF

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/31/us-health-ebola-usa-msf-idUSKBN0IJ2PR20141031

Reuters) - Mandatory quarantines ordered by some U.S. states for doctors and nurses returning from West Africa's Ebola outbreak are creating a "chilling effect" on aid work there, the humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday.

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"There is rising anxiety and confusion among MSF staff members in the field over what they may face when they return home upon completion of their assignments in West Africa," Sophie Delaunay, executive director of Doctors Without Borders in the United States, said in a statement emailed to Reuters.

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Some MSF workers have been delaying their returns to the United States and are staying in Europe for 21 days, Ebola's maximum incubation period, "in order to avoid facing rising stigmatization at home and possible quarantine," Delaunay said.

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"Some people are being discouraged by their families from returning to the field," Delaunay said.

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Three other MSF aid workers have returned to the United States since last Friday via one of five airports approved for passengers who have recently been in West Africa. Those workers have not been quarantined, an MSF spokesman said.

[rocktivity]

1. Have them stay THERE an extra 21 days, then

with pay, doing work that does not involve caring for Ebola patients or even being at the medical facility. You CAN'T be asymptomatic enough to be allowed to take commercial flights AND so potentially contagious for 21 days that you HAVE to be quarantined the second you disembark.


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