Ebola Crisis: White House/States Disagree
So, there's recently been an uproar about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordering a nurse returning from Liberia to go through a 21 day quarantine. She vocally opposed the quarantine, which now he's said can be carried out in her home in Maine. Now, she has been asymptomatic and pointed out that politicians don't know their medicine. She also didn't live in the best of conditions in NJ. In order to accommodate her, they are using a private plane to send her to her home state.
But for me, this is about the needs of the many versus the needs of a few. We in America are too individualistic - and see everything through the lense of rights. Ok, so she loses the right to move around for 21 days? If she really cares about the ebola victims in Africa, that shouldn't make a difference. In Liberia, every Dick and Jane has to undergo the same 21 day quarantine if it's found they've had contact with someone with the virus. Why should health workers be any different? Furthermore, a 21 day quarantine should be sponsored by the government body enforcing it - meaning she would not lose out on pay. Yes, I think that accommodations needs to be improved and thought of carefully. What will that person do for 21 days? But IMHO our government should stray on the side of caution.
What, from a medical standpoint, do you think our government should do in response to ebola?
So, there's recently been an uproar about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ordering a nurse returning from Liberia to go through a 21 day quarantine. She vocally opposed the quarantine, which now he's said can be carried out in her home in Maine. Now, she has been asymptomatic and pointed out that politicians don't know their medicine. She also didn't live in the best of conditions in NJ. In order to accommodate her, they are using a private plane to send her to her home state.
But for me, this is about the needs of the many versus the needs of a few. We in America are too individualistic - and see everything through the lense of rights. Ok, so she loses the right to move around for 21 days? If she really cares about the ebola victims in Africa, that shouldn't make a difference. In Liberia, every Dick and Jane has to undergo the same 21 day quarantine if it's found they've had contact with someone with the virus. Why should health workers be any different? Furthermore, a 21 day quarantine should be sponsored by the government body enforcing it - meaning she would not lose out on pay. Yes, I think that accommodations needs to be improved and thought of carefully. What will that person do for 21 days? But IMHO our government should stray on the side of caution.
What, from a medical standpoint, do you think our government should do in response to ebola?
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