https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:07:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lawsuit-waiting-to-happenebola#post-1916216 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:02:27 +0000 MrsSCB 1916216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this is ridiculous. I don't know whether people (in general, FYI, not here specifically) aren't reading or just being willfully ignorant, but you are not contagious when you are not symptomatic. Even the NYC doctor who is ill was taking his temperature daily and self reported when he had a fever. That is fine. A quarantine in hospital (or airport!) is not helpful and I do believe it could deter more people from helping in west Africa, which is the opposite of what we need. IMO, the politicians rooting for this quarantine are pandering to fears rather than dispelling them.</p> <p>ETA: the head of NIH does not support this policy. I trust his expertise in ebola treatment and management more than Christie and Cuomo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lawsuit-waiting-to-happenebola#post-1916208 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:29:43 +0000 FliegepilzHut 1916208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: I second this approach being ridiculous!</p> <p>I think we do need to have a policy in place-- doctors and nurses should not return to work in American hospitals until it is clear that they have not contracted Ebola...but the idea of quarantining all individuals in-hospital for the requisite 21 days strikes me as both crazy and unsustainable. And, yes, it will discourage healthcare workers from volunteering during Ebola outbreaks. Probably, these doctors and nurses ought to complete their clinical duties and have at least a brief period of quarantine on the African continent. Once home, I think quarantine in their home should be adequate, since patients are not infectious to anyone (shy of providing a blood transfusion) until they develop symptoms. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lawsuit-waiting-to-happenebola#post-1916177 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 08:32:20 +0000 Mama Bird 1916177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I understand why she's upset, but I think she should have complained internally to the airport and hospital management instead of taking this public and shaming them like that. I'm sure she understands that if they under-reacted, missed symptoms, and let her go home if she was actually sick, her own family and friends would be at risk for exposure... yes, it's not infectious until there are major symptoms, but would she really want to take that chance? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lawsuit-waiting-to-happenebola#post-1916143 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:27:35 +0000 Ree723 1916143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this is being handled rather ridiculously. I am all for people being quarantined but I think they should be given a choice of either being quarantined in their home, where all people in the home need to remain quarantined for the incubation time, or in a hospital setting. I would think most people would choose to avoid exposing their families to it, but they should still have a choice. </p> <p>Secondly, the American media is going over the top with the scaremongering. Seriously now, it is not a disease that is easily caught until a person becomes symptomatic and with quarantine, either at home or in a hospital, with frequent monitoring, there should not be an increased risk to the general public.</p> <p>Thirdly, Chris Christie is an idiot. The CDC has said she has tested negative and he's calling her obviously ill? Well, let's just keep whipping everyone up into a frenzy for no reason govenor, awesome job.</p> <p>Anyway, the bottom line is that aid workers who are returning from the affected areas should absolutely be treated with the utmost respect. They are not criminals nor have they done anything wrong, unless you count putting aside their own personal fears to help those less fortunate, a crime. People need to calm down and be sensible, quit with the mass hysteria... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lawsuit-waiting-to-happenebola#post-1916142 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 07:20:39 +0000 Applesandbananas 1916142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's an idiot. </p> <p>I agree with the quarantine. No way in hell I'd want to risk infecting my family and friends. Yes, I realize that Duncan's family managed to not contract Ebola while in a small apartment with him while he was exhibiting symptoms, however, the risk is still there and it's not a risk I'd take with my family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lawsuit-waiting-to-happenebola#post-1916126 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 06:31:17 +0000 catomd00 1916126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think this nurse is being ridiculous. As someone who has seen the disease wreak havoc on lives, she should want to do whatever it takes to not contribute to the risk or spreading it here. I would have No issues being quarantined if there was even a slight chance I had been exposed. You better believe if I was working first hand with ebola patients I wouldn't go home for 3 weeks to potentially spread it to my family. Yes they say you can't spread it until symptomatic but who's to say that is always the case? Or that you can catch your fever with monitoring before you are contagious. I just wouldn't take an risk in spreading it.</p> <p>The only thing I disagree with is the unheated room. She should be comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lawsuit-waiting-to-happenebola#post-1916117 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:23:07 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1916117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/25/health/new-jersey-quarantined-nurse/index.html?c=homepage-t&#038;page=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/25/health/new-jersey-quarantined-nurse/index.html?c=homepage-t&#038;page=1</a></p> <p>The article is about the first nurse returning from West Africa undergoing NY &amp; NJ's mandatory quarantine.</p> <p>Doctors Without Borders nurse given 1) forehead* temperature scanner to diagnose fever, 2) Gov Christie called her "obviously ill, and 3) isolation room is unheated and she's wearing paper scrubs. So far she has tested negative twice for Ebola.</p> <p>*forehead temp reading is not as accurate as an internal temp reading.</p> <p>Sounds like this is the makings of a good lawsuit. Agree/ disagree? </p>