Court rules on Ebola quarantine case for nurse Kaci Hickox in Maine http://t.co/kKjwrrLVET pic.twitter.com/rNSBXGTx3z
— CBS News Health (@CBSHealth) October 31, 2014
District Court Chief Judge Charles LaVerdiere in Maine has concluded that previously requested Ebola quarantine regulations for nurse Kaci Hickox, including restrictions from being less than 3 feet from another person, weren’t warranted. He did, though, order her to submit to “direct active monitoring,” coordinate travel with public health officials and immediately notify health authorities should symptoms appear. So, basically she can do whatever she wants unless she gets a fever.
Controversy has spread about whether or not people returning to the U.S. from West Africa, despite showing no symptoms of Ebola, should need to be quarantined for cautionary purposes or if that conflicts with the rights of those people. Other Ebola news continues to permeate media channels:
- Could mice be the answer to an Ebola vaccination? – Researchers are now saying that genetic factors demonstrated in mice could be the answer to why some people can endure Ebola’s pathological effects and others can’t.
- Quarantine regulations could only get worse – Because it’s hard to track and trace from the get-go, forced-quarantine might be the only way for officials to make sure the virus doesn’t spread.
- Why Ebola is even stumping the experts and creating obsession –“I find myself reading incessantly about Ebola when I should be doing other things,” says Vincent Racaniello, host of the online show This Week in Virology.
