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Showing Original Post only (View all)I'm a nurse and I've possibly been exposed to Ebola and I think I maybe should be quarantined [View all]
I mean Common Sense tells me I might be a danger to others by spreading this deadly virus around.
However neither the health authorities nor my employers at the hospital I work at and where my possible exposure took place have said anything about me not doing my job while I "self-monitor" for Ebola symptoms. Since my job obviously involves dealing intimately with sick people some of whom will have compromised immune systems then clearly the experts are not at all worried about me being contagious.
Now a nurse's income isn't poverty level but it's not wealthy either and I have these non refundable tickets to fly to my family and fiancee several states away as I've moved for my job and been living in a new city apart from my family for some months now and I sure would like to not lose the money I put into the tickets and I'd really like to see my family and get some moral support after what I've been through lately. I haven't had time yet to make any friends here so if I don't use my tickets I'll spend my time off basically alone.
Hmm... Me still working with full approval of both the authorities and my employer indicates the experts aren't worried about me being contagious, I know what, I'll call the experts and see if it's OK to go ahead and fly and not lose the money I had spent on those tickets.