Ebola Nurse in Maine Takes a Bike Ride - Cops Follow

Question: Have some healthcare workers returning from Africa contracted Ebola?

Answer: Yes

Conclusion: Why not take the prudent step of requiring a 21 day isolation period for these people?

The bike ride may not have posed a threat to anyone, but either you have a 21 day isolation period or you don't. We've already seen people riding the subway, going bowling, going to a restaurant, etc, so leaving it up to the discretion of the individual healthcare worker doesn't always result in wise decisions.

Nice to see she is willing to gamble with people's lives all for some fresh air.

Perhaps she'll come visit your house mmcgrath

And she is a limited-thinking idiot. Virulence + managing fears are not mutually exclusive here (not the only factors either) and she wont alter any policy decision govts have to implement.

Wow. That shite is even more idiotic than the mandatory quarantine.

IRL conversation with my golfing buddy yesterday.

Me: "OK, if you've got internet, TV, radio and someone bringing food to your house could you handle being home bound for 21 days?"

George: "Sure. Easy."

Me: "So, why can't that nurse handle it?"

George: "Because she's a bitch."

Have seen some articles (from outside of Maine) trying to make this a political issue in Maine, as the very conservative Republican governor is in a tight race for reelection.

Guess some don't know that his Democratic opponent has come out publicly in support of the 21-day quarantine.

"Reporter: “The governor says that Fort Kent nurse is not following the state protocol, the state CDC protocol… What do you think about the way she’s handling this, and the way the governor’s handling this?”

Michaud: “I think when you look at the whole Eloba issue, it’s the state’s responsibility to make sure that people are protected here in the state of Maine for public safety and I support the 21 day quarantine. ”

Rand Paul has endorsed the governor, who won election in 2010 as part of the Tea Party wave with 38% of the vote, and who still identifies with the Tea Party. I mention this only because someone mentioned it's a "liberty issue", yet the primary champion of liberty politics supports the governor who is attempting to enforce the quarantine. It's not about politics, and should not be. Good people can disagree honestly, and this situation is a good example of that.

(As an aside, if Michaud wins on Tuesday, which he has even odds of doing, he will be the nation's first openly gay person elected to a governorship , and he will have done so without either party making it a campaign issue. Only the Independent in the race has done so, and he has done it by saying Michaud's voting history is too "anti-gay" !)

WTF is wrong with people?

Is she likely to infect anyone? No.
Would it hurt her to hang around at her house for 21 days? No.

Why can she just be considerate of others?

Hell, I'll send her a set of rollers if she wants 'em

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This is ridiculous. Look at the video. Her house is in the middle of nowhere. There is zero chance she is going to infect someone while hiking or riding her bike.

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I don't give a flying frick. She says she's a medical professional but is the most retarded one that I've seen recently. She's being a selfish count by not quarantining herself until she doesn't have the virus anymore.

The funniest part of all of this IMO was the actual bike ride she took. Here's a lady that the gov't wants to forcibly quarantine for possibly carrying a deadly disease and the press damn near tackles her taking pics and trying to interview her. The irony was classic.

So...

Did her roommate in Africa develop Ebola?