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Ebola Watch: How do quarantined people just return to “normal” life after 21 days?

On Monday, 43 of the 48 quarantined people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan […]

On Monday, 43 of the 48 quarantined people who had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan were released after 21 days in isolation and allowed to get back to their normal lives. The remaining few should be let go this week as well. It is questionable how “normal” a recent quarantined individual’s life could really be, though, at least at first.

Although Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced at a news conference that there was zero risk that any of those people could be infected after showing no symptoms in the 21 days, paranoia always finds a way to question the facts.

Case in point, an Oklahoma school district has asked several employees and students who were on board the Carnival Cruise ship with the isolated registered nurse Christine Wade not to come back to school just yet, despite the fact that she had surpassed the 21-day period.

However, Jenkins has a request from the public: “They are people who need our compassion our respect and our love. Treat them the way you would want your own family treated if you were in their place and they were in yours.”

Tips from Nigeria and Senegal for managing Ebola

– The U.S. can learn a thing or two from the two West African countries who handled the Ebola scare effectively

Ebola vaccine potentially on the horizon

– The World Health Organization has announce vaccine testing, including one that can be taken as a tablet.

Parents asked to report sick children’s symptoms as a precaution in Ohio

– The Ebola scare has put school officials in a sticky situation, but does it fly under HIPAA?

Doctor’s duty to care for Ebola patients or not

– Many people have put themselves at risk to help those in need, but should they have to?

Passenger with fever lands in Newark

– A Liberian national landed in Newark with a fever and is being monitored for Ebola symptoms

Smartphones could be useful for a future Ebola outbreak

– Geographic Information Systems could be used to help medical providers track and target diseases like Ebola.

 

[Health worker image from flickr user Jason Scragz]

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