Nurse plans to sue over Ebola quarantine

[Ms. Toad]

102. Hospitals are set up for isolation.

There is no reason they could not have put her in isolation inside the hospital. Every other patient in the US with actual Ebola has been cared for inside the hospital - she does not have Ebola and was not displaying any symptoms. If hospitals can isolate an actual infection at its peak, they can quarantine someone who is not displaying symptoms. Unless you are suggesting that Ebola patients should be treated in tents without running water (and possibly lacking temperature control). (Her first temperature reading was a skin sensor, which always needs to be confirmed by a more accurate reading - which showed her actual temperature was

In the US, if we are going to have forced quarantines, they need to be consistent with the living standards and medical care in the US - which doesn't include being placed in a tent without running water, and possibly without heat.

As I've said, I don't have a problem with quarantines - or at least more strictly enforced monitoring - for people who have been treating Ebola patients. Doctors without Borders already recommends no return to work for 21 days, so anyone going over there to work with them should expect the additional time off. I do have a problem with creating political theater on the backs of people returning from caring for Ebola patients.

As for her attitude - she's got good reason to be pissed, so I'm taking what she says with a grain of salt.