Ebola nurse treated “like a criminal” in New Jersey quarantine - World Socialist Web Site
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Ebola nurse treated “like a criminal” in New Jersey quarantine
By Patrick Martin
28 October 2014
New Jersey state authorities abruptly released Kaci Hickox Monday after a three-day involuntary quarantine ordered by Governor Chris Christie. A nurse who had worked caring for Ebola patients in West Africa, Hickox was detained Friday at Newark International Airport and held against her will despite having no symptoms of the disease.
Christie, a Republican, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, jointly announced the mandatory quarantine for all health care workers returning from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea who had been in contact with Ebola victims there. The quarantine was based on no scientific or health considerations, since people without symptoms of Ebola, even if they later manifest the disease, are not contagious.