If they can quarantine a visibly healthy nurse with no sign or

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36. I relied on a civil rights lawyer, who did look at the laws.

and here's a link to Maine DHHS -- I still haven't been able to find the laws this am. Maybe you will have better luck than I have. Before you waste too much of your time, my google search at Maine.gov has brought up 7 pages of results that seem to relate solely to agriculture and abused animals.

http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/


From their press release on Tuesday. Boldface is mine:

"Any traveler from West Africa who comes to Maine will be monitored for at least 21 days after the last possible exposure to Ebola. This is consistent with federal guidelines. This monitoring includes daily check-ins with a state epidemiologist for any signs of a fever or other Ebola related symptoms. If any symptoms develop, they will receive immediate medical care.

We have instituted additional protocols for ensuring that those individuals with a higher level of risk do not unnecessarily make contact with the public. These protocols include voluntary, in-home quarantine for someone who was known to have had direct contact with an Ebola patient....

...If an individual who came in direct contact with Ebola patients has returned to Maine and is not willing to avoid public contact and stay in their home voluntarily during the period they are at some risk, we will take additional measures and pursue appropriate authority to ensure they make no public contact."

They will pursue authority because they do not currently have the authority. That is why they will have to take it to court.


And here is their statement on Ebola disease. Boldface is theirs, not mine.

"Transmission is usually through direct contact with the blood, sweat, emesis, feces and other body secretions of an infected person, contact with an infected animal in the affected countries, or exposure to objects (such as needles) that have been contaminated with infected secretions. Patients with Ebola Virus Disease who are not showing symptoms are not infectious."
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/zoonotic/ebola/