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JimDandy

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8. Not to mention the public panic that would ensue

Reply to nashville_brook (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:50 PM

Oct 2014

as each person in the household that became symptomatic was photographed by the media (that probably had set up camp outside their residence for just such a money shot) when, as the days wore on, they were hauled, one by one, out of the house by ambulance personnell in full hazmat suits.

Someone clearly didn't think through the public relations aspect of such a visible quarantine situation.

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Judge: Quarantined relatives of Ebola patient should be moved out of contaminated apartment. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

now we know what all those FEMA camps are for? nt grasswire Oct 2014 #1

Relieved to hear that an activist judge is forcing Texas to do the most sensible thing. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #2

No judge is forcing them to move the family SickOfTheOnePct Oct 2014 #15

Agreed, they need to be treated at a facility that is ready to take care of them if they get sick. freshwest Oct 2014 #3

Good point. And what happens after someone gets sick and the new place is contaminated? I Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #4

Same problem again. I think they can be better cared for, and kept safe from mischief at a hospital. freshwest Oct 2014 #5

Home quarantine is useless in a premise where a symptomatic JimDandy Oct 2014 #6

amen. it's also horrible for ratcheting up the panic. nashville_brook Oct 2014 #7

Not to mention the public panic that would ensue JimDandy Oct 2014 #8

aaaaaand, that's what happens when there's no government to speak of nashville_brook Oct 2014 #10

Very much so. uppityperson Oct 2014 #13

Probably not a coincidence rainbow4321 Oct 2014 #9

I think you're right! Bad publicity can move mountains. n/t JimDandy Oct 2014 #14

As soon as I heard her CNN interview exposing everything rainbow4321 Oct 2014 #17

Couldn't help laughing at the picture you painted. JimDandy Oct 2014 #18

Uhh, isn't that the first thing that would have been done? haele Oct 2014 #11

Good god about damn time. uppityperson Oct 2014 #12

Absolutely. That is not quarantine that is a death sentence. It should have been cleaned up a lot jwirr Oct 2014 #16