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In reply to the discussion: To All the A**holes who are Insulting the Flying Ebola Nurse: Shut Your F***ing Faces. [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)In the course of her work, she was exposed. She was infected. While it was not visible yet with a fever or other signs and symptoms, yes, she was indeed sick. The virus was in her system, and she was 'coming down' with Ebola.
No one is perfect. And there have been a lot of screw ups in several different arenas, but I am sorry but you are dead wrong on this.
As an adult in a medical profession, she has the responsibility to make informed decisions that directly pertain to her work. She was narcissistic and self-entitled. She took a risk that may have endangered her family and strangers. She had a choice. She could have waited two more weeks to make sure that she was in the clear. She didn't. That is on her and her alone.
You can swear at me all you want. You can say I am blaming a victim all you want. You can say this is an attack on healthcare works. It is all bullshit. She is an adult. She is an educated medical professional. She made a very poor choice. If she knew she had been exposed and potentially infected with any pathogen and then broke precautions at her hospital by potentially putting, say, a cancer patient at risk for exposure, she would be out of a job. It would be negligence and malfeasance. This is no different. She knew the risks were there, and apparently, she just didn't give a fuck. What she wanted was more important than the risk it might cause others.
So yes, I will hold her culpable for her actions and if anyone she has exposed becomes ill then yes, she is then directly responsible and fully to blame. Hopefully if she doesn't die from the disease itself, she will then be held accountable as an adult for her selfish and irresponsible actions.
Furthermore, what the fuck is this bullshit you keep spewing about 'giving up their lives'? Professionals in many professions especially healthcare give up much on a daily basis as part of their careers. When I was on call for a suicide watch at a treatment center I was employed at, it didn't matter if it was my birthday or my & my wife's anniversary, if that call came in, I was expected to get back to the center asap. In your bizarre world of tortured logic, fuck that poor girl who was on watch, my birthday or anniversary was way more important than her life.