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In reply to the discussion: Nurse plans to sue over Ebola quarantine [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)That NBC crew had to go into mandatory quarantine after their cameraman became ill when they had minimal contact with him while he wasn't even very contagious yet everyone here was in an uproar that two of those people violated their home self-quarantine by going to a restaurant which made all of them have to do mandatory quarantine.
And those ten people that had minimal contact with Mr. Duncan that had to do home quarantine the family having to do mandatory quarantine.
What's different about this nurse? She cared for many extremely ill patients and patients that died of Ebola. Dr. Brantly became infected caring for Ebola patients while completely suited up and disinfected before PPE removal yet he got infected. The woman missionary wasn't even taking care of patients but just helping gare givers suit up and disinfecting them before PPE removal yet she became infected shortly after Brantly did. Doctors Without Borders despite their extra cautious suiting up and disinfecting had 16 DWB workers infected as well as of a week or two ago. Caregivers are the most at risk as they work with patients that are highly contagious, and despite their precautions some still get infected.
So, what makes this nurse so special that her quarantine is horrible when no one cared about all those others put into quarantine.
As for her testing negative, well yeah, she doesn't have symptoms so of course she would. Someone just posted a couple of days ago that they usually have to be in the third day of symptoms before they'd likely get a positive test reading and even longer.