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Monday, November 17, 2014

On second analysis...

A Doctor's Mistaken Ebola Test: ‘We Were Celebrating. . . . Then Everything Fell Apart’

Kevin Sieff, Nov. 17, 2014, Washington Post

When Martin Salia’s Ebola test came back negative, his friends and colleagues threw their arms around him. They shook his hand. They patted him on the back. They removed their protective gear and cried.

But when his symptoms remained nearly a week later, Salia took another test, on Nov. 10. This one came back positive, sending the Sierra Leonean doctor with ties to Maryland on a desperate, belated quest for treatment and forcing the colleagues who had embraced him into quarantine.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Hope she doesn't suffer same fate as Attkisson

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CBS' Logan Quarantined After Ebola Report

David Bauder, Nov. 10, 2014, My Fox NY

Lara Logan of CBS News is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel for three weeks as a precaution after visiting an American-run hospital treating Ebola patients in Liberia for a "60 Minutes" report that aired Sunday.

CBS said Monday that Logan's 21-day self-quarantine will end this Friday. Neither Logan nor the four other CBS employees in South Africa have shown any sign that they are infected with the virus.

Logan, speaking in a "60 Minutes Overtime" web interview from the room where the CBS crew put its report together, admitted to some cabin fever as she waits out her stay. She said the South African government had given the crew permission to work at the hotel.

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Sunday, November 2, 2014

USA policy unchanged

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Canada Won't Issue Visas To Resident Of Countries With Widespread Ebola

Helen Branswell, Oct. 31, 2014, The Canadian Press

In a move that puts Canada at odds with the World Health Organization, the federal government said Friday it is suspending the issuance of visas for residents and nationals of countries with "widespread and persistent-intense transmission" of Ebola virus disease. As well, work on permanent residence applications for people from the affected countries is also being suspended.

The stress on countries with widespread transmission provides an out for the United States, which currently still has at least one active Ebola case within its borders. At present only three countries meet the definition of widespread and persistent Ebola transmission: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Remains defiant

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Maine Nurse defies Ebola quarantine (Takes Off On A Bike)

Nurse Kaci Hickox (right) and her boyfriend, Ted Wilbur,

were followed by a Maine State Trooper
Robert F. Bukaty / AP

By Associated Press, Oct. 30, 2014, Bostonglobe.com

FORT KENT, Maine — A nurse who vowed to defy Maine’s voluntary quarantine for health care workers who treated Ebola patients followed through on her promise Thursday, leaving her home for an hour-long bike ride.

Kaci Hickox and her boyfriend stepped out of their home Thursday morning and rode away on mountain bikes, followed by a state police cruiser.

It was the second time Hickox broke quarantine. She left her home Wednesday evening briefly to speak to reporters, even shaking a hand that was offered to her.

Hickox contends there’s no need for quarantine because she’s showing no symptoms. She’s also tested negative for the deadly disease.

‘‘I really hope that we can work things out amicably and continue to negotiate,’’ she said Thursday morning while riding on a dirt trail.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

But WH opposes quarantine, right?

elderstatement.com October 29, 2014 Chuck Hagel , Ebola 0 Comments

Hagel Considering Ebola Quarantine For All Troops Deployed To West Africa

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel

Kristina Wong, Oct. 28, 2014, The Hill

Defense Secretary Hagel is considering a 21-day "quarantine-like" policy for all troops returning from West Africa, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

The proposal was recommended to Hagel on Tuesday by the Joint Chiefs of Staff — which consists of its chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey and the chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Earlier this week, the Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno ordered all soldiers returning from West Africa to undergo a 21-day isolation and enhanced monitoring period.

Odierno "has done this out of caution to ensure soldiers, family members and their surrounding communities are confident that we are taking all steps necessary to protect their health," the Army said Monday.

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