I'm a nurse and I've possibly been exposed to Ebola and I think I maybe should be quarantined

[moriah]

202. The CDC told her she could fly. What higher authority do you want, God?

I was running a low-grade fever for a few days and thought it could be a cold or the flu. I called my doctor to ask if I should pick up a mask at the ER next to his office before coming in for a blood draw that was scheduled for one of the days I ran 100.6 -- a higher fever than what Amber Vinson was running. He said not to bother, so I didn't. I did my best not to breathe on anybody. I barely had any other symptoms other than a fever except a little bit of a runny nose, but no worse than allergy season does to me.

If I got an elderly or immunocompromised patient (they do chemo in the same building) infected with that cold I'll feel bad, but I did what my doctor told me.

I know Ebola is not a cold, but a person can run 99.5 and just be running that from working out or being in a hot state like Texas during warm fall weather -- 99.6 is the limit for some doctors to even call it a fever. I've ran 99.5 and been just fine. The guidelines say 100.4 now, which is obviously too high if she was running 99.5 with what we call symptoms. Malaise, fatigue, and muscle aches can be signs of stress, and taking care of an Ebola patient sure is stressful.

The CDC should have been more on the ball -- I've always felt, though it would suck for the workers caring for these patients, that the workers should be isolated for 21 days -- all of them that handled the virus, came in contact with the patient, etc. That includes the lab tech quarantined on the cruise ship. But we aren't doing that. So what else do you want people to do, besides calling the #1 health authority in the country and reporting their temp and getting advice?