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No, she is taking a calculated risk to establish her rights and the rights of others. It is complex. To complex for you>?
It's not that complex. One could say, she is trying to show others that you are not contagious until you have a fever, show symptoms, test positive and so on. (Actually, you probably aren't contagious until the disease is well advanced, but that's another story). However, she fails to realize that she is sending a message that exposure is to be treated lightly. Imo, that's dangerous.
I don't know. IMO she has royally screwed her career. Would you want to work with or be nursed by someone as casually indifferent to a deadly disease like Ebola? Contrast her actions to the CA surgeon Dr. Colin Bucks - “I’m California’s most experienced Ebola physician. I won’t take a single chance,” said Dr. Bucks in a New York Times interview. “My wife is away, my dog is away — there’s no downside to a little personal convenience, 3 weeks will pass.” Who's the more responsible healthcare giver? Stanford Surgeon Under
I don't know. IMO she has royally screwed her career. Would you want to work with or be nursed by someone as casually indifferent to a deadly disease like Ebola? Contrast her actions to the CA surgeon Dr. Colin Bucks - “I’m California’s most experienced Ebola physician. I won’t take a single chance,” said Dr. Bucks in a New York Times interview. “My wife is away, my dog is away — there’s no downside to a little personal convenience, 3 weeks will pass.” Who's the more responsible healthcare giver? Stanford Surgeon Under
All she has done is go for a bike ride in the middle of nowhere.
It's not that complex. One could say, she is trying to show others that you are not contagious until people have a fever, show symptoms, test positive and so on. (Actually, you probably aren't contagious until the disease is well advanced, but that's another story). However, she fails to realize that she is sending a message that exposure is to be treated lightly. Imo, that's dangerous.
She is sending a message that she is not infected and is a citizen of the United States and as such has the right to live freely. You were talking not complex....right?
She objected to having her temperature taken at the airport. She absolutely freaked out at being quarantined in New Jersey. She publicly stated she intends to break any quarantine. She actively broke at home quarantine, something she previously agreed to do. I think her actions are less about duty and more about politics based on both her own words and her own actions.
And so we take it at her word she's self monitoring. She also said she doesn't present any health risk to anyone - so why should she bother self-monitoring? She clearly decides what is appropriate for her to do and not do - notwithstanding what anyone else has to say.
Strong, brave and wish to be left alone. Nurses are advocates.
Hmm, no, I didn't get that at all. All I got was selfish, willful and spoiled, and I know a number of RN's who wouldn't dream of advocating her behavior.
I don't know. IMO she has royally screwed her career. Would you want to work with or be nursed by someone as casually indifferent to a deadly disease like Ebola? Contrast her actions to the CA surgeon Dr. Colin Bucks - “I’m California’s most experienced Ebola physician. I won’t take a single chance,” said Dr. Bucks in a New York Times interview. “My wife is away, my dog is away — there’s no downside to a little personal convenience, 3 weeks will pass.” Who's the more responsible healthcare giver? Stanford Surgeon Under
Agree. This has always been my impression of health care workers. They put others above themselves unlike Kaci Hickox.
Hmm, no, I didn't get that at all. All I got was selfish, willful and spoiled, and I know a number of RN's who wouldn't dream of advocating her behavior.
RNs are not a monolithic block of humanity. My wife has been a nurse for about eight years. She tells me that they are representative of the population in general; some are smart, some aren't so smart.
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