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Originally Posted by cologal

There is no medical reason to quarantine, for 21 days, medical personnel returning from fighting this terrible disease. It is better to fight it in Africa than back here in the US. Now 3 governors have decided, against the advice of the medical experts, to politicize the issue.



A nurse without a fever and no symptoms has been treated, in her own words, as a criminal and will be held for 21 days.



Good luck finding medical personnel to risk their lives on the front lines only to return to a mandatory quarantine.



I for one hope that no one in NYC get sick and this treatment of medical heroes is called off.

I'm sorry. But with all due respect I disagree. Quarantines have successfully been used for decades to prevent the spread of disease, I.e., tuberculosis, etc. Actually the period of quarantine should be longer since research has demonstrated that 21 days only covers 88% of those exposed.