On 10/28/2014 8:21 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/28/14 6:56 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
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.


Christie was acting out of politics, not because of science. As usual.



Of course he was. That's what he is supposed to do as a politician and
governor of his state. He has to rely on the medical and/or scientific
community to define what public safety measures are required.

Right now anyone (and there have been several) who exhibits potential
symptoms, has recently returned from affected areas in Africa or who has
been in contact with an infected person are immediately quarantined and
tested for an Ebola infection. That's the protocol recommended by the
medical experts.

Once cleared, the quarantine was lifted.

He has stated that had the nurse not exhibited any symptoms, his policy
would have been to allow her to return to Maine and self-monitor.
That's also the CDC and general medical recommendation also.

The fact that the nurse threatened a law suit is what is making it now a
political issue.