Nurse in Stanford moves on after Ebola!

There is a common trend to discuss any cases of Ebola that have been going down in America in the last year due to the fact that authorities are frightened for an epidemic to arise. That’s not the case for nurse Kaci Hickox, who has treated patients with Ebola in Sierra Leone and came back to her home without any symptoms.

She was quite reluctant to a voluntary house quarantine but she made that call in order to keep everyone calm. After a while, she rebelled against the house arrest because her rights were being violated and she took her boyfriend and their bikes and went on for a hiking trip.

Even if she came from her trip a week ago and has been tested negative for Ebola, she is still suspected to have the virus, but with a longer period of incubation. In spite of this aspect, she took her boyfriend on a ride in the woods in order to escape this entire fiasco.

The authorities are trying to get a court order so that nurse Kaci can stay in the house in the entire period of time, the 21 days that is required for the virus to incubate. It might be a very serious offense to Miss Hickox’s rights, but the interest of the 4,300 people in the city are kept in mind very closely.

Paul LePage, the governor of Maine, talks about a discussion that has been made between state attorneys and Hickox’s lawyers, in order to have a scaled-down quarantine which will be a lot more permissive. She can go for walks, runs and bicycle rides, but she has to keep away from populated areas and also she would have to keep a 3 feet distance from other people.

This might sound as a serious violation of her freedom, but the health and wellbeing of other people is at stake. He values the freedom and the rights of Miss Hickox, but he talks about the importance of public safety and health regulations. LePage talks about the openness to a responsible set of action from Miss Hickox’s part, in order not to provoke a mass panic, according to Inspired Spot.

For the ones that still have an issue with the personal intrusion, the states have broad authority under a long-established law that allows officials to quarantine people in order to prevent a spread of a disease. This can be possible if a judge allows it. Of course, the health officials have to demonstrate “a clear and immediate public health threat” in order for this particular course of action to be taken.

Even if the volunteer work that Americans do in South Africa is quite a noble and kind gesture, this particular situation of crises is very important to take into account because it can put the life of our dear ones into jeopardy. President Barack Obama doesn’t discredit the benefits of volunteering in Africa, but it brings into light the idea that Ebola won’t reach America on so many channels, putting media focus on news like the marine whistle blower.

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