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In reply to the discussion: I'm a nurse and I've possibly been exposed to Ebola and I think I maybe should be quarantined [View all]elias7
(3,990 posts)Until this nurse, who was no longer taking care of patients but had a string of days off.
Might she not have called in sick to work in your scenario?
I don't your adamance on the point of nurses continuing to work despite Ebola exposure. First, they cared for Ebola patients and may or may not have been exposed. Two were, most weren't. Second, if they are not ill, they are not contagious. Third, if they feel ill, the responsible choice is to not work and not fly.
If you are saying that everyone involved in any way with that patients care should be in quarantine, then you would have seen rapid depletion of not only nurses, but housekeepers, lab and radiography techs, doctors, food service people, with one to two weeks of illness duration. What you're suggesting makes no sense.