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In reply to the discussion: Kaci Hickox Won't Follow Maine Ebola Quarantine Rule, Lawyer Says [View all]seabeckind
(1,957 posts)70. Looked more like a tent to me.
No running water, no sanitary facilities, probably a lot like she was used to in Africa.
In the most exceptional nation this world has ever seen.
Maybe she's a witch ... or even worse ...
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She is a certified epidemiologist, why do you folks hate educated folks? Christie is a blowhard.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#8
What part of CDC protocols (#63 - a reply to you) are you claiming she won't follow?
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2014
#165
Then you should stop invoking the CDC as if they support your viewpoint
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2014
#188
You hate educated people in general and medical folks in particular....now we all understand.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#160
The vast majority are telling you are the cupcake, crumbling with fear, now you react with
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#206
I think a nurse who has just been dealing with ebola FIRSTHAND knows what it can do.
Demit
Oct 2014
#138
Just to clarify, The Joint Chief's Chairman, Vice Chairman & Service Chiefs are not Top Commanders.
24601
Oct 2014
#261
why would one expect the protocol for a military unit to be the same as for civilians?
fishwax
Oct 2014
#177
She is not in the high risk category, so I don't think the CDC "stay away from public areas" applies
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2014
#63
I expect so; 'some risk' is not 'no risk'; there is no sign anyone has been infected by him
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2014
#136
If your nurse friend would be the first to care for an ebola patient without hesitation,
Demit
Oct 2014
#142
Wow. And Christie is what, the delicate flower...some folks do not like strong women.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#10
So now you support anti science Christie AND insane Lepage? Has fear SO blinded you?
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#22
They can have their fear, they can swim in an ocean of it for all I care, just stop spreading the virus.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#72
this has nothing to do with Christie. The issue is the safety of the public, at large.
DeadEyeDyck
Oct 2014
#43
It's not a matter of whether a politician is dumb. It's about compliance with regs and law.
HereSince1628
Oct 2014
#14
Christie clearly abused the law and you support him because......you is scared?
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#17
No, I'm not. and shaming name calling you engage in is rhetorical fallacy
HereSince1628
Oct 2014
#25
Dissent against abuse of political authority was the foundation of America, there is that.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#27
You can not reason with fear and paranoia, they cling to it like Saran Wrap on an sandwich.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#23
She is a nurse with specialized Master's degree's.....In Public Health and Tropical Nursing...
riversedge
Oct 2014
#233
She is not infected, and there is no LAW. Your fear is overwhelming your thinking.
askeptic
Oct 2014
#34
Fighting the fear....thank you, sir, lot of folks want to be fearful, it is the true virus.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#44
Polarity has indeed been reversed. I find myself agreeing with your posts these days.
HERVEPA
Oct 2014
#52
Just re-read the Constitution, especially the Ebola Amendment. Oops, the Constitution is silent on
24601
Oct 2014
#262
There are laws that allow for the government to quarantine citizens to prevent the spread
Calista241
Oct 2014
#264
Burn this no nothing heretic "medic" at the stake, Lepage must now be the fucking hero to these fear
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#76
I'm sure she is correct about the fact that she is asymptomatic and not a risk to others.
enough
Oct 2014
#2
You cannot pick and choose what laws to follow, you fight for change within the system.
Dustlawyer
Oct 2014
#9
What size of harm? She is perfectly healthy. The "what ifs" are the basis of your fear. I accept
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#13
What should she do if she is out in public and comes down with a fever? Answer that one!
Dustlawyer
Oct 2014
#30
The old "what ifs"....what if's are endless, the endless well of possibilities to drive fear forever
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#41
Didn't answer the question. I guess it has to happen first in your book before you deal with it.
Dustlawyer
Oct 2014
#45
Thanks to Teabaggers like Christie and Lepage, since that group led the way to budget cuts
Tommymac
Oct 2014
#137
Love how folks do not see the pandering and abuse of an average citizens liberty.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#24
Some folks, even on science loving DU want this perfectly healthy person back inside the plastic tent
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#21
No. She has NOT been proven to be disease free. That is why the 21 days quarantine
adigal
Oct 2014
#74
I saw you refuse to answer a question posed to you about what happens if she is out and about and
adigal
Oct 2014
#90
People freaking adore those that share their freakout, herd mentality. They side with Cruz and Palin
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#226
The Director of the Maine CDC disagrees with you - may have been too early to test
adigal
Oct 2014
#208
She is probably right. She is probably not infected. But if she is wrong she will probably kill
CBGLuthier
Oct 2014
#26
No. She is just a "medic", what does she know, some folks say...the ignorance and demonization is
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#36
Then you would know the difference between a law and a fly by your pants regulation?
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#80
LOL. Presidential EO's versus teabagger pandering, not even a good try at deflection.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#119
umm, this is why she has vowed to challenge its legality. It's not Constitutional and they know it
askeptic
Oct 2014
#185
Seems to be clear from day 1 that 'setting a precedent' was her new mission...
JimDandy
Oct 2014
#140
So, all you people claiming doctors and nurses are smart enough to self-isolate - WRONG!!!!
adigal
Oct 2014
#66
She IS abiding by the CDC protocols, it says so right in the article, she refuses the "make up a
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#82
That is what the anti-science folk feel but are too embarrassed to say. thank you.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#83
We have a dangerous contagious disease spreading through the Democratic Party
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#84
"Deliver us from evil". When the folks demand it the politicians will pander to it.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#89
it's no use, fred. it's like i always say: some people love having their fears fed. critical
locdlib
Oct 2014
#124
I am not trying to reason with fear, it is useless as you say, shaming is the only way.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#127
Nancy Snyderman had less contact with ebola than Hickox, and yet everyone
TwilightGardener
Oct 2014
#114
You find it "strange" because you do not believe in the science, I get it.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#126
I think some of the opposition to quarantine on this site has to do with AIDS.
candelista
Oct 2014
#132
Sheesh all this arguing is senseless people. If the CDC thought she should be held
cstanleytech
Oct 2014
#171
If the problem -- the fear -- is that she could go symptomatic at any second
rocktivity
Oct 2014
#202
The first symptom is always, always, an elevated temperture, the medical folks can figure that out,
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#207
If this logic is acceptable to the Sovereign Citizen crowd, it must be applicable to her as well
bluestateguy
Oct 2014
#227
Sitting in the segregated Southern Lunch counters was breaking the law too.
NutmegYankee
Oct 2014
#231
It will be interesting to see what the courts say about this - if it gets that far.
Chemisse
Oct 2014
#243
A reminder to those who want to arrest her, she passed a blood test and has zero symptoms.
whereisjustice
Oct 2014
#245