Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who was slapped into inadequate quaranteen facilities in Newark as she was returning from a period of voluntweer work with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, is now in Maine and defying the governor's order for her to stay in her house.
Judge Charles LaVerdiere has just this morning refused to grant the state the power to force her to stay housebound, given that she is asymptomatic and therfore not considered a risk for spreading a disease which she appears not to have.
The judge's ruling only requires that she continue the monitoring throughout the 21 day period and that she coordinate any travel plans with state officials so the monitoring can continue. That's quite reasonable and in line with science-based protocols.
Score one for science and reason against fear and hysteria.
Ralph
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