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uppityperson

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22. Ebola does not care but the public does. Quick search gives me these incidents....
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 09:59 PM
Oct 2014
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/us/connecticut-school-ebola-lawsuit/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Connecticut girl barred from school amid Ebola fears (traveled to Nigeria)


http://time.com/3542955/senegal-kids-brothers-assaulted-ebola-bronx-tremont-school-new-york-city-pabe-amadou-drame/
Kids from Senegal Were Beaten Up in NYC by Classmates Yelling ‘Ebola’
Elizabeth Barber Oct. 28, 2014
Ironically, Senegal is Ebola-free and has been widely praised for its response to the disease

Two Senegalese-American brothers were assaulted at a New York City school by classmates who yelled “Ebola” at them.

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The boys were “rushed to the hospital with severe injuries,” the council said in statement.


https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/21/cant-ebola-become-latest-racist-national-security-issue/
Sixty miles southeast of Dallas, Navarro College earlier this month denied admission to two Nigerian students, not because they were diagnosed with Ebola but simply because they were from a country stricken by the disease. Never mind that Nigeria did a remarkable job in containing Ebola, went six weeks without new cases, and this week was declared Ebola free by the World Health Organization.

Such racial embarrassments aren’t confined to Texas. The week before last in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, a Guinean high school soccer player from Nazareth Area High School was subjected to chants of “Ebola” from opposing players on rival Northampton High School’s team. The chants left him in tears. Northampton’s head and assistant coach have since resigned from their positions and disciplinary action against the heckling players is pending. Meanwhile, a few parents in Mississippi decided to pull their children from a middle school after discovering the school’s principal returned from a trip to Zambia, a country nowhere near the Ebola outbreak.


http://www.businessinsider.com/mama-tis-african-kitchen-changes-menu-2014-10
MaMaTi's restaurant forced to change its name over ebola fears, may go out of business

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Ultimately, no they cannot. She will win this battle. morningfog Oct 2014 #1
I hope so malaise Oct 2014 #2
You keep on repeatedly stating that it's clear she'll win in court, but that does not make it so. branford Oct 2014 #5
On due process and equal protection, she'll win. morningfog Oct 2014 #8
Im not a lawyer, but what about this Travis_0004 Oct 2014 #11
What part of 'with' do I not understand? GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #13
The provision is of little value without the implementing regulations branford Oct 2014 #16
That's why Kaci Hickox is such a brave woman Warpy Oct 2014 #3
Exactly! Thank you for this. Your post is better worded than my similar one earlier. uppityperson Oct 2014 #4
Same crap rational used to confine Japanese citizens in WWII. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #6
Not really, and if you recall, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the internment. branford Oct 2014 #17
The court at the time upheld the internment. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #30
You may want to have a look at this little gem Skidmore Oct 2014 #7
Life as we knew it malaise Oct 2014 #10
Good god. woo me with science Oct 2014 #27
They'll haul your ass off while saying, "You look a little peaked this morning." Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #9
Reminds me of when the Soviets CanonRay Oct 2014 #12
That's what "quarantine" is. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #14
How close are we to "You look African, so you and your family are quarantined." nt kelliekat44 Oct 2014 #15
Not even remotely close, and the hyperbole is unhelpful to the discussion. branford Oct 2014 #19
Ebola does not care but the public does. Quick search gives me these incidents.... uppityperson Oct 2014 #22
Anecdotes are not data or proof of pervasive trends. branford Oct 2014 #23
Since Obama is from Kenya, we've already crossed that line a looooonnnngggg time ago!!! Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #29
This is how we have the NSA spying on us now. cwydro Oct 2014 #18
my god. we fuckin went thru this stupid with tsa nad patriot. we were fcukin cowards. i stopped seabeyond Oct 2014 #20
Since when do public health officials not have the right to quarantine? LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #21
they have a right to quarantine, but it must be based on medical science, not political polls magical thyme Oct 2014 #24
I don't see anybody on DU really looking into the laws treestar Oct 2014 #25
I did, and the science doesn't. magical thyme Oct 2014 #34
So you didn't feel like looking at the laws treestar Oct 2014 #35
I relied on a civil rights lawyer, who did look at the laws. magical thyme Oct 2014 #36
Fear is the fastest way to lose freedom... vicdoc Oct 2014 #26
Good post malaise Oct 2014 #31
We are nothing more than a society that answers TO, works FOR, and gets punished BY a government. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #28
So you are wishing that they would violate an entirely different set of rights... Oktober Oct 2014 #32
Do I sense a panic of gov't taking away freedoms?? boston bean Oct 2014 #33
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