NBC's Nancy Snyderman Violates Ebola Quarantine

The head of the CDC has slammed her for it, and she's apologized, but if a high-profile, medical professional like Snyderman can't be counted on to honor a quarantine, how are these west African governments going to get thousands of ordinary folks to comply?

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The second Dallas nurse who's contracted Ebola also violated the quarantine when she flew on a commercial airline flight from Cleveland to Dallas the day before she started showing symptoms.

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Top health officials said Wednesday that a nurse infected with Ebola never should have boarded a plane.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had announced earlier Wednesday that a second nurse who had cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die from Ebola in the United States, had contracted the disease -- and also that the nurse had flown from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday, the day before she fell ill.

"She should not have traveled on a commercial airline," CDC director Tom Frieden told reporters during a conference call. "The CDC guidance in this setting outlines the need for what is called controlled movement. That can include a charter plane, that can include a car, but it does not include public transport."

Frieden said the nurse shouldn't have flown because she was one of the 76 nurses who had cared for Duncan, all of whom are under observation.

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