Posted on Oct 22, 2015
Should this nurse have the right to sue or is the health of the general public more important?
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Well, if the woman was "encouraged" to self-quarantine and she blew it off - I remember this story well - seems like nobody was harmed. If it was a quarantine order and she broke it and God forbid, someone contracted ebola, she'd be in jail. Since she came and went how she pleased, it seems to me that she has no grounds to sue... no harm was done.
In my humble opinion, she was selfish beyond belief.
In my humble opinion, she was selfish beyond belief.
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My legal opinion is that if she was held for three days, then she can sue over those three days, present evidence and the court will rule.
The issue is what was known at the time. If she was cleared of Ebola and the incubation period had passed as she contends, then it would be an unlawful detention. If she was still within the incubation period as understood at the time I'd say she belongs prison.
The issue is what was known at the time. If she was cleared of Ebola and the incubation period had passed as she contends, then it would be an unlawful detention. If she was still within the incubation period as understood at the time I'd say she belongs prison.
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She should have been put in prison for violating her quarantine. She has no grounds to sue the government for taking normal public health precautions when dealing with an infectious and deadly disease that had no known cure at the time.
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Capt Seid Waddell
SSgt Alex Robinson, and incredibly stupid. One wonders why she is allowed to work in the health care industry with such ditzy thinking.
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Disclaimer, I am not a doctor, or an epidemiologist.
That said, if the hype was accurate (and I consider this a mighty big if, but that is neither here nor there, it was the consensus of the public health community), then quarantine is a perfectly rational public health preventative measure. It would be irresponsible for the government to NOT impose it until it was known that the potentially infected was not contagious. It would be irresponsible for her, as a healthcare worker to willfully expose the public.
I vote that she has no case, should have her license to practice revoked, and serve jail time.
That said, if the hype was accurate (and I consider this a mighty big if, but that is neither here nor there, it was the consensus of the public health community), then quarantine is a perfectly rational public health preventative measure. It would be irresponsible for the government to NOT impose it until it was known that the potentially infected was not contagious. It would be irresponsible for her, as a healthcare worker to willfully expose the public.
I vote that she has no case, should have her license to practice revoked, and serve jail time.
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