Kaci Hickox, the Ebola nurse who was forcibly held in an isolation tent in New Jersey for three days, says she will not obey instructions to remain at home in Maine for 21 days.
"I don't plan on sticking to the guidelines," Hickoxtells TODAY's Matt Lauer. "I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public."
The 33-year-old nurse for Doctors Without Borders was the first person pulled aside at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday under new state regulations after her return from Sierra Leone, where she was working with Ebola patients.
After her public outcry, in which she complained of "inhumane" treatment, Hickox was allowed to leave New Jersey on Monday, traveling by private car to her home in Maine.
Hickox, who shows no symptoms of the deadly virus, says she believes the quarantine policy is "not scientifically nor constitutionally just."
Maine health officials have said they expect her to agree to be quarantined at her home for a 21-day period. The Bangor Daily News reports.
But Hickox, who agreed to stay home for two days, tells TODAY she will pursue legal action if Maine forces her into continued isolation.
"If the restrictions placed on me by the state of Maine are not lifted by Thursday morning, I will go to court to fight for my freedom," she says.
Her attorney, Steven Hyman, told CNN Wednesday that his client had received no mandatory orders and that "the next step is up to Maine.".
"The only reason that there is a cry for quarantine is because the political side has decided that it would just be better if she stayed home and lost her civil right so we could all feel more comfortable, which is not supported by any medical evidence," Hyman siad.
Maine health officials did not immediately respond to Hickox's latest statement, butDepartment of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said Tuesday evening that the state has the authority to seek a court order to compel quarantine for individuals deemed a public health risk.
"We have made the determination that out of an abundance of caution, this is a reasonable, common-sense approach to remove additional risk and guard against a public health crisis in Maine," said Mayhew, WLBZ-TV reports. She did not mention Hickox by name.
Hickox's high-profile campaign from isolation in New Jersey, including a first-personaccount in The Dallas Morning News, underscored the shifting response to the Ebola crisis by state and federal authorities.
On Friday, New York Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan of mandatory quarantine for health workers back from Africa who'd been exposed to Ebola but showed no symptoms.
It was in part a reaction to the case of Craig Spencer, a New York City physician who tested positive for Ebola, but acknowledged he had left his apartment and moved around the city just before experiencing Ebola symptoms.
Saying they couldn't rely on voluntary self-reporting, the governors pronounced themselves resolved to err on the side of caution and monitor people like Spencer under confinement. Cuomo, however, quickly eased those rules, allowing such health workers to self-quarantine at home.
The White House also weighed in, saying it had conveyed concerns to the governors of New York and New Jersey that their stringent quarantine policies were "not grounded in science" and would hamper efforts to recruit volunteers to fight the epidemic in Africa. Christie said he had not heard from the White House before the plan was announced.
After the uproar in New Jersey, HIckox was allowed to leave on Monday, but Christie insisted that it did not represent a change of policy.
"I didn't reverse any decision," he said Tuesday. "She hadn't had any symptoms for 24 hours. And she tested negative for Ebola. So there was no reason to keep her. The reason she was put into the hospital in the first place was because she was running a high fever and was symptomatic."
"If people are symptomatic they go into the hospital," Christie said. "If they live in New Jersey, they get quarantined at home. If they don't, and they're not symptomatic, then we set up quarantine for them out of state. But if they are symptomatic, they're going to the hospital."
Hickox told The Dallas Morning News that her brief fever spike, recorded by a forehead scanner at the airport, was the result of being flushed and angry over her confinement and that an oral temperature reading at the same time showed her to be normal.
Contributing: Rick Hampson in New York; Associated Press
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---------------------------------------------------- Kaci Hickox left her house on Oct. 30 on a bike ride with her boyfriend Ted Wilbur.
'Newark Airport was chaos, the thermometer was broken and I will not be bullied': Defiant nurse who was first confined in New Jersey refuses to follow quarantine protocol now that she's home in Maine Nurse Kaci Hickox, 33, said on Wednesday that she would go to court to fight a mandatory quarantine placed on her at her home in Fort Kent, Maine She told Today: 'I don’t plan on sticking to the guidelines. I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public' The Doctors Without Borders nurse was quarantined for four days at University Hospital, New Jersey under new quarantine rules in the state
Kaci Hickox, the Ebola nurse who was forcibly held in an isolation tent in New Jersey for three days, says she will not obey instructions to remain at home in Maine for 21 days. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/29/ebola-nurse-maine/18105327/ "I don't plan on sticking to the guidelines," Hickoxtells TODAY's Matt Lauer."I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public." The 33-year-old nurse for Doctors Without Borders was the first person pulled aside at Newarkuoayoaix 发表于 2014-10-29 11:17 AM
“The doctor currently being treated for Ebola in New York lied to police about travelling around the city for six days before he was quarantined, it has been revealed. Dr Craig Spencer initially told officers that he had isolated himself in his Harlem apartment after returning from Guinea where he had been treating people for the illness. It was only when cops checked his MetroCard and bank statement that they realised he had been roaming the city for nearly a week, visiting a sandwich shop, taking an Uber cab, and going bowling. It was only when officers rang Dr Spencer and confronted him with the evidence that he confessed, according to the New York Post.”
“The doctor currently being treated for Ebola in New York lied to police about travelling around the city for six days before he was quarantined, it has been revealed. Dr Craig Spencer initially told officers that he had isolated himself in his Harlem apartment after returning from Guinea where he had been treating people for the illness. It was only when cops checked his MetroCard and bank statement that they realised he had been roaming the city for nearly a week, visiting a sandwich shop, taking an Uber cab, and going bowling. It was only when officers rang Dr Spencer and confronted him with the evidence that he confessed, according to the New York Post.”
“The doctor currently being treated for Ebola in New York lied to police about travelling around the city for six days before he was quarantined, it has been revealed. Dr Craig Spencer initially told officers that he had isolated himself in his Harlem apartment after returning from Guinea where he had been treating people for the illness. It was only when cops checked his MetroCard and bank statement that they realised he had been roaming the city for nearly a week, visiting a sandwich shop, taking an Uber cab, and going bowling. It was only when officers rang Dr Spencer and confronted him with the evidence that he confessed, according to the New York Post.” 麻辣粉丝 发表于 10/29/2014 11:30:58 AM
“The doctor currently being treated for Ebola in New Yorklied to policeabout travelling around the city for six days before he was quarantined, it has been revealed. Dr Craig Spencer initially told officers that he had isolated himself in his Harlem apartment after returning from Guinea where he had been treating people for the illness. It was only when cops checked his MetroCard and bank statement that they realised he had been roaming the city for nearly a week, visiting a sandwich shop, taking an Uber cab, and going bowling. It was only when officers rang 麻辣粉丝 发表于 2014-10-29 13:25 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/29/ebola-nurse-maine/18105327/
"I don't plan on sticking to the guidelines," Hickoxtells TODAY's Matt Lauer. "I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public."
The 33-year-old nurse for Doctors Without Borders was the first person pulled aside at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday under new state regulations after her return from Sierra Leone, where she was working with Ebola patients.
After her public outcry, in which she complained of "inhumane" treatment, Hickox was allowed to leave New Jersey on Monday, traveling by private car to her home in Maine.
Hickox, who shows no symptoms of the deadly virus, says she believes the quarantine policy is "not scientifically nor constitutionally just."
Maine health officials have said they expect her to agree to be quarantined at her home for a 21-day period. The Bangor Daily News reports.
But Hickox, who agreed to stay home for two days, tells TODAY she will pursue legal action if Maine forces her into continued isolation.
"If the restrictions placed on me by the state of Maine are not lifted by Thursday morning, I will go to court to fight for my freedom," she says.
Her attorney, Steven Hyman, told CNN Wednesday that his client had received no mandatory orders and that "the next step is up to Maine.".
"The only reason that there is a cry for quarantine is because the political side has decided that it would just be better if she stayed home and lost her civil right so we could all feel more comfortable, which is not supported by any medical evidence," Hyman siad.
Maine health officials did not immediately respond to Hickox's latest statement, butDepartment of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew said Tuesday evening that the state has the authority to seek a court order to compel quarantine for individuals deemed a public health risk.
"We have made the determination that out of an abundance of caution, this is a reasonable, common-sense approach to remove additional risk and guard against a public health crisis in Maine," said Mayhew, WLBZ-TV reports. She did not mention Hickox by name.
Hickox's high-profile campaign from isolation in New Jersey, including a first-personaccount in The Dallas Morning News, underscored the shifting response to the Ebola crisis by state and federal authorities.
On Friday, New York Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan of mandatory quarantine for health workers back from Africa who'd been exposed to Ebola but showed no symptoms.
It was in part a reaction to the case of Craig Spencer, a New York City physician who tested positive for Ebola, but acknowledged he had left his apartment and moved around the city just before experiencing Ebola symptoms.
Saying they couldn't rely on voluntary self-reporting, the governors pronounced themselves resolved to err on the side of caution and monitor people like Spencer under confinement. Cuomo, however, quickly eased those rules, allowing such health workers to self-quarantine at home.
The White House also weighed in, saying it had conveyed concerns to the governors of New York and New Jersey that their stringent quarantine policies were "not grounded in science" and would hamper efforts to recruit volunteers to fight the epidemic in Africa. Christie said he had not heard from the White House before the plan was announced.
After the uproar in New Jersey, HIckox was allowed to leave on Monday, but Christie insisted that it did not represent a change of policy.
"I didn't reverse any decision," he said Tuesday. "She hadn't had any symptoms for 24 hours. And she tested negative for Ebola. So there was no reason to keep her. The reason she was put into the hospital in the first place was because she was running a high fever and was symptomatic."
"If people are symptomatic they go into the hospital," Christie said. "If they live in New Jersey, they get quarantined at home. If they don't, and they're not symptomatic, then we set up quarantine for them out of state. But if they are symptomatic, they're going to the hospital."
Hickox told The Dallas Morning News that her brief fever spike, recorded by a forehead scanner at the airport, was the result of being flushed and angry over her confinement and that an oral temperature reading at the same time showed her to be normal.
Contributing: Rick Hampson in New York; Associated Press
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Kaci Hickox left her house on Oct. 30 on a bike ride with her boyfriend Ted Wilbur.
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Ebola Nurse’s Ties to CDC Scrubbed From Website – Is Far Left Progressive & Obama Supporter
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/10/breaking-ebola-nurses-t
'Newark Airport was chaos, the thermometer was broken and I will not be bullied': Defiant nurse who was first confined in New Jersey refuses to follow quarantine protocol now that she's home in Maine
Nurse Kaci Hickox, 33, said on Wednesday that she would go to court to fight a mandatory quarantine placed on her at her home in Fort Kent, Maine
She told Today: 'I don’t plan on sticking to the guidelines. I am not going to sit around and be bullied by politicians and forced to stay in my home when I am not a risk to the American public'
The Doctors Without Borders nurse was quarantined for four days at University Hospital, New Jersey under new quarantine rules in the state
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突然想搬家去nj了。
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估计帮助那些贫困疾苦的人，让她感到被需要，被崇拜？
来了这里，看周围人都过得不错，就没有这种情感抒发的需要了
Dr Craig Spencer initially told officers that he had isolated himself in his Harlem apartment after returning from Guinea where he had been treating people for the illness.
It was only when cops checked his MetroCard and bank statement that they realised he had been roaming the city for nearly a week, visiting a sandwich shop, taking an Uber cab, and going bowling.
It was only when officers rang Dr Spencer and confronted him with the evidence that he confessed, according to the New York Post.”
正想贴这个呢，之前很多人还说他是无辜的、值得尊敬的，呵呵
为毛咧？这回履历表算是好看了吧
当然也有风险，但是一般人觉得（好处+善心）不能weigh over （风险），去的人就是觉得（好处+善心）>（风险），所以大家善意地觉得他们看重的是善心部分，其实谁知道是不是更喜欢其中的好处而甘愿冒风险呢。这两位从回来的这表现来看，对普罗大众真是没什么善心。
当然也不能否认人家别的有些人真的是满心慈善去的非洲。毕竟风险也是明摆着的。
肯定大多数还是以救死扶伤为木的的，这两位也不是坏人但真是太。。。那个了。。也不忍心说重话但的确让人尊重不起来。。。特别是医生明明发病了有传染性了就该痛快说我去过哪至少让接触过的人有个心理准备，让他去过的地方消毒啥的说谎是想干啥子？
何止用过，而且是做过三条不同的地铁线
现在想想，如果地铁、保龄和吃饭都是警察通过信用卡、地铁卡查出来的，谁知道还有什么没查出来的？反正他死活不说别人谁也不知道。
话说他对自己带病活动撒谎这件事情，政府是不是可以起诉他？
是否同意隔离疫区人员，来投票
Dallas护士didn't lie吧。。。而且飞机的毕竟还是比地铁的要好控制
Internal memo pushes bringing non-citizens to US for Ebola treatment
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/10/29/lawmaker-claims-plans-may-be-in-pipeline-to-bring-non-citizens-to-us-for-ebola/
State Department plans to bring foreign Ebola patients to U.S.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/state-department-plans-to-bring-foreign-ebola-pati/
这种投票有用么？
不是早有人八了么，她没工作了，医院不续约了，没办法了跑去非洲了。
白宫命令驻西非美国援助部队（大部分是共和党选民）执行Quanrantine21天，但却批评限制这些民主党手下“医务工作者”(Spencer夫妻均是注册民主党，KaciHickox是民主党兼CDC雇员Obama支持者)人权自由。中期选举在即，伊利诺伊，马里兰等州出现选举投票箱被暗中作弊，使共和党选票变成民主党选票；同时投票不查ID, 使大量非公民非法投票选举民主党。
想想看吧。
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或者像很多黑手党信教，坏人信佛一样，很多人需要做一些好事向社会和自己来证明自己是高尚的人。前提是做这些好事和自己利益没多大关系，一旦和自己利益相关，而且又是公众视线看不到的状况下，这些人的decision不一定比那些不做好事的人高尚多少，也许还更糟，因为做过很多好事，觉得自己有权利放纵一下。
另一个例子，很多人自己的事做不好，身边的人照顾不好，却会热心的帮助不相干的人，有些人只有在照顾好周围的人的前提下才会去关心更远的人。你若只看一段时期，针对某一个事件来评估一个人，很可能落得片面的结论。
当然有些人就是很高尚，不能一概而论，第一个染上ebola的美国医生就是自动隔离的，超自觉。
估计你是没去投票过，不是是个人就让你投票，你要报出你的大名和住址，跟人家手里的投票人单子对上才能投票呢。
反对投票要ID的理论是说，很多穷人没有驾照，也没钱去办ID，但是他们也是公民，也应该有投票权。当然了，穷人估计是支持民主党的。
这个我不相信，选票不查id, 这种漏洞共和党能容忍？ 早就爆了， 美国不是没用重选的州。
民主党疯了乜？中期选举这么做妥妥的流失票源啊
同意，人家governor那叫有种，这个bitch是有病！
默默地说～这些台里我最喜欢的就是福克斯，其他的根本没法看
WTF???? O8疯了吗？