[JB in TV]

Nurse in Maine breaks quarantine.

I am very torn about this.

On one hand, she is blatantly disregarding the rules.. It just seems so out of character for a health care professional to be so ...(what's the word?)... Cavalier. A person who chooses the medical professional as a career does so so they can help others. Yet this nurse believes her personal freedom is more important than protecting others? As I have said before this doesn’t make sense. Would she not give a patient medication that was ordered by a doctor because she thinks it is wrong, or thought it wouldn't help?

On the other hand she has yet to show any indication of being infected, and none of us would like being in quarantine in her situation. I still wonder if we can pin the abundance of press on this situation to her attorney(s).

I make a point to obey all rules, (at least since I became an adult) even when I think they are wrong, or "don't apply to me". I think this nurse should also. I wonder if her nursing license is at risk because of her behavior?

[kansasr]

The only rule she is breaking is the attempt by that idiot governor in Maine to step in when he knows absolutely nothing about infectious disease. The woman has no symptoms, has tested negative for Ebola, yet somehow this governor thinks he knows more than the medical community. His, and Cris Christie's attempts to interject themselves into this only serves to worsen the situation.

I for one am glad she is speaking out against the idiocy that is our government today.

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by kansasr

The only rule she is breaking is the attempt by that idiot governor in Maine to step in when he knows absolutely nothing about infectious disease. The woman has no symptoms, has tested negative for Ebola, yet somehow this governor thinks he knows more than the medical community. His, and Cris Christie's attempts to interject themselves into this only serves to worsen the situation.

I for one am glad she is speaking out against the idiocy that is our government today.

When others who have come home showing no effects of the disease, after the same exposure she has had, then a next day they have come down with a fever? What everybody is glossing over for this camera hound, 15 minutes of fame, embarassment to the medical profession is that she could EASILY come down with a fever this afternoon ot tomorrow while she is in the 21 day window.

Why should she feel priviledged to not comply with the 21 day quarantine like others in similar exposre situations? Why does she or the media or the lawyers think she is any different than the military who will undergo a 21 day quarantine (and please don't embarass yourself by espousing the volunteer aspect being a difference.......DO YOU THINK THE DISEASE KNOWS?).

The woman is doing nothing more than exploiting the media that is only covering her story because it facilitates their agenda.

At best, remaining polite, she is an embarassment to the rest of the medical profession and military that are doing what is right.

[pooh]

I agree Bille...and I think she might not have done well in microbiology class.

"There are rapid, cheap tests for Ebola, based on detecting antibodies to the virus, but they work only when a victim has already been ill for several days. Antibodies are produced by the body’s counterattack on the virus, and are therefore not detectable until that counterattack is well underway. By that time, the victim might have infected others.

A test called an RT-PCR, for reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, detects bits of the RNA of the virus itself, so it can be used much earlier in the infection. In some cases, a very sensitive PCR test may detect the virus two days before fever and other symptoms appear. But there is no way to know which people will develop enough virus in their blood to detect soon after they are infected, and which will take many more days."

She may not be ill....but then again, who knows for sure. Heaven forbid she does develop symptoms and others might be potentially impacted.

[Avista]

She as no symtoms and is not contagious at this point.

[sunnyatlast]

It's not about the "idiot governor" nor the narcissist twenty-something who thinks she can save the world with her vast knowledge and ideology.

It's about the millions of state constituents who have to trust that state government is doing its job, to assure that licensed healthcare providers obey the law, to protect other patients already in the hospitals who are immune compromised, and the workers needed to care for them. Her boyfriend is a nursing student doing clinicals.

She passed the same screening tests as the dr. diagnosed a few days later with ebola in NY. Nobody except God knew if she would result the same as the dr, and so some mere mortals charged with enforcing the law had to make judgement calls--on behalf of the state constituencies, not just for one individual narcissist seeking a speech gig at the 2016 convention!

[billethkid]

Originally Posted by Avista

She as no symtoms and is not contagious at this point.

And if she becomes contagious tomorrow then what?

I wonder why when others to date who have shown no symptoms and were not contagious, came down with a fever.....why was hundreds of thousands of dollars and peoples time taken to find and follow everybody they came in contact with when they were NOT CONTAGIOUS?????

And if you were having breakfast in the restaurant where she was at the table next to you and then came down with a fever what would your response be?

THAT is the point!

[RedChariot]

Suck it up Buttercup. Stop whining. For the greater good. Till the CDC or whoever can come up with a definitive plan for all who have been exposed to Ebola patients, stay home. You are in the comfort of your home with your partner. Not so bad. It's 21 days. Not 6 months. Enjoy your 15 minutes in the sun. You'll soon be forgotten.

[rubicon]

pooh you are spot on . The officials are not dealing effectively with medical science instead their playing political science and it clearly shows,

The science of Ebola is not well understood and it is showing as the CDC revises its protocols on a weekly basis. Ebola has an unstable RNA genome which tend to make genetic errors as each Ebola strand copies itself and multiples.....which means the disease is changing ( mutating)over time (WSJ)

American soldiers are being forced to work in this effort and forced to be quarantined. Yet they are not in direct contact with Ebola patients or anywhere near. So can one deduce that if soldiers who are not in direct contact need to be under mandatory quarantine clearly healthcare workers who are in direct contact with patients should also be under mandatory quarantine?

Shouldn't the oath that healthcare workers take of first "do no harm"apply here?

The government's first order of business is to protect the public and it has been clear from the beginning that both WHO and the CDC are in disarray because they are focused on political science and not medical science

[shcisamax]

Given the possible consequences, I would rather start off with a more restrictive policy and work backwards lessening the stringent guidelines than start off with too lenient a policy and then have to try to catch up - in the meantime endangering far more people.

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

Given the possible consequences, I would rather start off with a more restrictive policy and work backwards lessening the stringent guidelines than start off with too lenient a policy and then have to try to catch up - in the meantime endangering far more people.

Yes, but you're using common sense and logic, and aren't looking to make headlines to get more cameras focused on you for that dream job on MSNBC, or sitting in the key balcony seat at the next state of the union address, or for giving a speech at the 2016 convention where she'll teach us pathetic women about our inability to succeed with our pathetic minds and insights.

[stroglass]

As a health care worker should you no think of others? What is A few days inside if that's the rule we all have to live by and if you don't like the rules then don't go where you would be subject to them on your return or just stay were you were to begin with

[Bruiser1]

Originally Posted by JB in TV

Nurse in Maine breaks quarantine.

I am very torn about this.

On one hand, she is blatantly disregarding the rules.. It just seems so out of character for a health care professional to be so ...(what's the word?)... Cavalier. A person who chooses the medical professional as a career does so so they can help others. Yet this nurse believes her personal freedom is more important than protecting others? As I have said before this doesn’t make sense. Would she not give a patient medication that was ordered by a doctor because she thinks it is wrong, or thought it wouldn't help?

On the other hand she has yet to show any indication of being infected, and none of us would like being in quarantine in her situation. I still wonder if we can pin the abundance of press on this situation to her attorney(s).

I make a point to obey all rules, (at least since I became an adult) even when I think they are wrong, or "don't apply to me". I think this nurse should also. I wonder if her nursing license is at risk because of her behavior?

This should be addressed by THE EBOLA CZAR!!!
By the way where is he ? Is he in quarantine?

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by Bruiser1

This should be addressed by THE EBOLA CZAR!!!
By the way where is he ? Is he in quarantine?

The ebola czar is probably hiding from Kaci, the nurse who's a CDC employee.

She knows too much and it's more than he knows.

[duhbear]

You know, if someone were to go walking along with a few sticks of dynamite would that make those who feel this potential time bomb of a nurse should run around wherever she wants nervous. Sure would. So now, why is it okay for her to go out before the 21 day incubation period is up?