re: Kaci Hickox (Ebola nurse) is a real piece of work

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against a highly infectious disease with a high mortality rate?

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It is not highly infectious. It is actually a very weak virus outside the body. The flu is a way stronger and more infectous virus than ebola except for at the very end. At the end stages, it is highly infectious because the patient is releasing vast amounts of contaminated fluids (i.e shite and vomit) and healthcare workers are in contact with the fluids that is why they wear the protective gear. It also does not have a high mortality rate in countries where there is a decent healthcare system. Go watch the NYT video on ebola in west africa and you will see why the healthcare system in Liberia is overwhelmed, hell the Doctors Without Borders hospital is basically a barn.

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his is one area that clearly puts me in the "libertarian" group and not the "anarchist" group

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I am a libertarian and I think that requiring them to monitor their temps and get to a hospital when they have a fever approaching 100 is all that is needed. Even though the CDC considers a 100.4 a fever for ebola, most research says that it is not contagious until around 101.5 even then it is not as contagious as it is at the end.

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and what happens if this doesn't work properly? like the Dr in NYC (who was also caught lying his arse off) ?

again, that's the problem: self-regulation. it's clear right now that people aren't going to properly self-regulate themselves

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you make an example of him. You want to punish all the others aide workers coming home, which is probably in the hundreds or more since the outbreak began, because 1 guy was an asshat.

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often no more than an asymptomatic ebola patient

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no, there has to be a reason for the observation or a history of mental illness. I can't just say that my neighbor was acting funny this morning and have him committed.

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If you pose an immediate safety risk to yourself or others due to symptoms of mental illness and you don't want to go to hospital, you could be committed on an involuntary basis; that is, against your will. Because involuntary commitment overrides your civil liberties strict laws and procedures are in place to protect your rights. Rules vary by state, but civil commitment must be limited initially to a few days. If the commitment order is to be renewed a judge and two doctors must agree that you still need to be in hospital. While in hospital you have a right to receive treatment in order to become eligible for discharge

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LINK

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LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 28:2(3). "Dangerous to others" means the condition of a person whose behavior or significant threats support a reasonable expectation that there is a substantial risk that he will inflict physical harm upon another person in the near future.

LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 28:2(4). "Dangerous to self" means the condition of a person whose behavior, significant threats or inaction supports a reasonable expectation that there is a substantial risk that he will inflict physical or severe emotional harm upon his own person.

LA. REV. STAT. ANN. § 28:2(10). "Gravely disabled" means the condition of a person who is unable to provide for his own basic physical needs, such as essential food, clothing, medical care, and shelter, as a result of serious mental illness or substance abuse and is unable to survive safely in freedom or protect himself from serious harm; the term also includes incapacitation by alcohol, which means the condition of a person who, as a result of the use of alcohol, is unconscious or whose judgment is otherwise so impaired that he is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to his need for treatment.

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Louisiana's rules

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the potential risk is the issue, not the eminent risk

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There is bo current evidence that suggests that an asymptomatic patients posses a risk.
That is how Hitler came to power.

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That is how Hitler came to power.

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He already is. His name is Obama.

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So let's just lock up any and everybody that comes from a country that's had an Ebola case for 20+ days.

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Or, do like every other president has done before a-hole, and not let any of the fricks into the country.

That filthy stink pussied count needs to be dry fricked in the a-hole with an Ebola infected rusty tire iron. I've never seen a more insufferable bitch besides perhaps Nancy Pelosi.

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This 21 day quarantine just smacks of knee-jerk political decision making so that the politicians can point and say "look at what we have done to save you".

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People are quick to jump on Governor Christie about his quarantine enforcement, but seem to forget that Governor Cuomo from NY shared the same stance.

If Hickox had landed at LaGuardia or JFK, she would have still been quarantined.

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do like every other president has done before a-hole, and not let any of the fricks into the country.

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You're showing your ignorance. There are little to or no direct flights to America from the African countries with Ebola outbreaks. You'd have to cut off all traffic from outside the country.

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Nancy Pelosi

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Speaking of those deserving Ebola...

I don't know much about this story, can someone explain what the difference is between her and all the healthcare workers who treated the Dallas Ebola patient?

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To protect the masses sure. I'm all for it. She chose to go to fricking Zimbabwe. Play the game, win the prize

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THIS!!!!

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people seem to forget that she did have a fever when she got off her plane, which triggered this whole thing.

According to a forehead scanner. Her temperature was normal when tested orally.

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I think that taking her by ambulance was unnecessary, they should have just moved her to the side for further screening and used an oral thermomentor.