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133. What a callous post.

When was the last time you flew anywhere? Let alone a long international flight?

Flying is torturous enough for some of us. We expect when we get off the plane, that we go through a defined process reasonably expeditiously and get back to dealing with life normally. She was put in a situation where she was given no information about what was going to happen and when it would end. Of course she was upset by that. She must have been very anxious; for some people, a side effect of intense anxiety is hunger.

Yes, the very LEAST that could have been done for this returning hero was an offer of decent food / refreshment while the authorities figured out what the f*** they were doing.

The quarantine approach - even if it were medically justified, which I question - will have the effect of greatly diminishing the voluntary service of medical personnel at stopping ebola in Africa.

We have MUCH greater risk of an epidemic starting in the US by a traveler from the affected area who does not self-identify. Maybe they come here in the hopes of better medical care, or maybe just don't realize how sick they are. (I am not suggesting a travel ban - it wouldn't work - just that it's in our best interests to stop this epidemic at the source.)

Health care workers who have just spent weeks watching people die from this horrible disease are NOT the people we should be concerned about.

If quarantine is imposed (even though unnecessary), we should be trying to offset the negative impact on the affected health care workers. Everything possible should be done to celebrate the sacrifice these folks are making, and compensate them for their risk. The officials who "welcome" them back to the US should at least be pleasant, welcoming, and prepared to reduce the discomfort of the process as much as possible. (In defense of the officials involved in Kaci's situation, they probably were given edicts and bare-bones instructions if any at all, and no resources or leeway to handle it the way it SHOULD have been handled. I don't fault the individuals themselves - but I fault the politicians who are trying to use this for political points and put these public servants in such a bad position.)