Nurse in Maine should be arrested

I agree with you. She's taking a real social media beating about this. People are more incensed about her attitude it seems than the possibility she might transmit ebola to others.

And didn't she say when in NJ that if they just let her go home she would self quarantine? I just don't get her attitude, its 21 days not weeks or months. To me, it sounds like she has ulterior motives.

DH and I were talking about this last night.  I said that if she sued NJ and I were a juror I most likely would have voted for her but her attitude now has changed my mind.  I no longer consider her a self-less caregiver, she has now become a selfish brat.  She is daring the state to take action so she can add them to a lawsuit also hoping for a big payday.

Arrested for what? She isn't sick and is self monitoring. Like it or not she still has rights as a citizen. What they did to her in NJ was appalling. Stop with the fear.

She hasn't broken a law so why would she be arrested?

I hope this goes to court. I really think something needs to get all these different agencies talking and having a cohesive plan. People have been taking care of ebola outbreaks in Africa for a long time and they come home and carry on with their lives. It wasn't until WE (Americans) got sick that people paid attention- who cares if Africans die- I think it is a little disgusting.

I think anyone who had direct contact with Ebola patients should do a 21 day quarantine just to be sure and for the sake of other people...JMO

But she HAS broken the law, as the state has mandated her quarantine. So she is going against the governor of Maine now. 

Let's see...

Tested negative twice.
No fever.
Not contagious.
Self monitoring.
Well educated health care professional who knows what to look for as symptoms go.

She is not a public health risk.

OMG

Why in the world are we putting people in quarantine who are NOT contagious???!!!!!

Seriously people. Get a grip.

Even once someone BEGINS to develop the illness, casual contacts will not catch the disease. Got that? The viral load needs to be exceedingly high to spread it.

I will once again bring up someone who was in the news. Mr. Duncan's casual AND close contacts did not contract the virus and he had far more than an elevated temperature when he was finally hospitalized. The people who have caught the disease were exposed to others with extremely high viral loads. That is the ONLY time you can catch it unless exposed to infected animals, especially bats.

The nurse may be an annoying PIA and I wish she were educating more than what she is doing.

The idea of quarantine sounds good until you really look at the nature of this virus specifically.

The problem with all of this is we have no Surgeon General. No one to be the be all and end all of discussion. Our political system is so utterly broken that we cannot even appoint someone who can handle this. This is systemic of the larger failure. The failure of Obama and his appointing an Ebola Czar which means squat. The failure of the congress to get off their asses and get a Surgeon General in place. A failure to enact a set of rules and regulations that can actually be followed without putting undo strain on our already weak systems if a larger outbreak were to occur. The problem is if we are allowed to self-monitor and a huge outbreak occurred, what would really happen?

The infection rate is dropping in Africa, 25% a week was reported this morning. My friends husband has a lot of knowledge about these diseases and he said we already hit the high point on this one.

It was interesting to talk to him because he told me that above the 4 places in the US that can take infected patients, there is a 5th one. It is here in Frederick, MD where I work and this is where the real badass stuff is held. The stuff that the other 4 won't touch.

While I agree that her treatment in NJ was inhumane, I think she is just posturing at this point and feels like she has to follow through. I agree there has to be better measures to control the spread. She keeps saying she is not symptomatic and has tested negative. You will test negative until you have symptoms. Then you will test positive because it is in your bloodstream. The media is really screwing up the facts.

I'd vote for this as long as they are also quarantined from the internet so I don't have to read their stupidity. 

If people are so concerned about public health, let's do this:

1. quarantine anybody who has the flu, has come in contact with somebody who has the flu, or has read a book about the flu
2. mandatory vaccinations (too bad for Jenny McCarthy they don't make vaccinations for stupid)
3. ban fatty foods and sugary drinks (oh wait, the NY mayor tried to do that and people were up in arms about too much government in their lives)

I would also add that we should quarantine those who are unvaccinated based on fear and pseudoscience. They are a greater risk to public health and the health of infants and the immunosuppressed. 

Actually the op said in another thread she wants people with the flu quarantined too. Good times. SMH