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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]jwirr
(39,215 posts)quarantined. The rest of us took it upon ourselves to use that common sense you were talking about. When they actually had someone in the schools die then the school was closed by local official. I am sure that CDC was involved in some way - usually keeping tract of the stats etc. but we were never told that we were all quarantined. We took our own measures to stay safe.
If the polio epidemic had reached the level that ebola has in some of the African nations there might have been legal sanctions on everyone. We are no where near that level in the US.
I understand that the state of Texas has finally issued orders that people exposed are not supposed to travel. Common sense. I have no idea why this common sense is not being used in today's world. Especially by health care personnel who should be aware of the depth of the problem. It is not as if this has not been in the news since it got out of control in Africa.