On 10/28/2014 6:15 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
...the great (in size) white hope of the GOP proves he is an ass...


A Letter from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Dean Klag
to Governor Chris Christie

October 27, 2014

Governor Chris Christie
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625

Dear Governor Christie,

I am writing to indicate in the strongest possible terms my objection to
your policy of a 21-day quarantine for health care workers traveling
from West Africa to New Jersey and, especially, its application to our
graduate Kaci Hickox. Kaci spent six weeks in Sierra Leone with Doctors
Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), treating patients with
‪#‎Ebola‬. She has tested negative for Ebola and, according to news
reports, has no symptoms. She poses no risk to her fellow citizens.

While I applaud your concern for the health of the citizens of New
Jersey and recognize your responsibility to protect their health, I do
not think that this policy does so. Instead, it increases paranoia
without materially protecting health.

Instead, I ask that you follow the current CDC guidelines, as we do for
our faculty, staff or students who are returning from working in West
Africa.

Thank you for your consideration of this request to do what is right for
the citizens of the United States and for the people of West Africa.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH
Dean

http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-relea...-christie.html




Christie has already responded to this and lifted the 21-day quarantine.
He stated that at the time of his order she *had* demonstrated
potential early symptoms (fever) according to health officials and had
not been tested.

It turns out that the readings taken with the non-contact thermometer
were questionable in terms of accuracy. She may have been flushed due
to agitation and frustration.

Point is, Christie was acting based on the information available to him
at the time.