Obama assails Ebola quarantines, saying they are based on fear, not facts

[Ptarmigan]

Obama assails Ebola quarantines, saying they are based on fear, not facts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/amber-vinson-dallas-nurse-leaving-hospital-after-ebola-cure/2014/10/28/d37e7fae-5e95-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html

President Obama on Tuesday forcefully rejected the idea of a quarantine for medical workers returning from Ebola-affected countries, arguing that such an approach would undermine the broader effort to eliminate the epidemic .

Politicians in the United States, including the president, have come under increasing pressure to curtail the movements of medical personnel returning from Ebola-affected regions after Craig Spencer — a doctor who had been treating Ebola patients in Guinea — was diagnosed with the virus 10 days after he returned home to New York City.

While the president did not directly criticize New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) for imposing mandatory quarantines on health workers coming back from West Africa, he made clear that he thought those moves were a bad idea and were not based on the best medical information.

Coming from a person who likes using fear.

There is a reason we have quarantine like it or not.

[RayRaytheSBS]

But yet all military personnel will be getting a mandatory 21-day quarantine after they return from the regions that have Ebola. So which is it sir? Quarantines for all? Or just the ones that aren't a big voting bloc?

 I think we already know the answer to that question, and it's 'all Ebola workers are equal, but some Ebola workers are more equal than others' (and don't have a union backing them).

[Mr Mannn]

Ebola kills 70% of its victims. Quarantines are common sense, not fear.

[DumbAss Tanker]

He clearly has 'Ebola quarantines' confused with 'Anthropogenic global climate change,' a JayVee level mistake.