Nurse Breaks Quarantine
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From the Right
Maine gov.: Negotiations with nurse in Ebola quarantine have failed, will use legal authorityMaine Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he is ready to use the “full extent of his authority” to rein in a 33-year-old nurse who worked with Ebola patients in West Africa but balked at a deal that would prevent her from entering public spaces.
The Republican, who is up for re-election Tuesday, said state attorneys tried to work with Kaci Hickox, of Fort Kent, but those negotiations “have failed.”
From the Left
Maine Officials Fail to Reach Compromise With Nurse Over Ebola QuarantineThe governor of Maine said Thursday that negotiations with the nurse who cared for Ebola patients in Sierra Leone had failed to reach a compromise that would allow her to take walks, runs or rides but would prevent her from mingling with the public.
As a result, Gov. Paul LePage said he would “exercise the full extent of his authority allowable by law.” Though he did not make it explicit what the next stop would be, state officials have said that they would seek a court order to enforce a...
From the Left
Nurse Breaks Quarantine With Bike RideKaci Hickox is a woman of her word. After vowing to defy Maine’s voluntary quarantine for health workers who treated Ebola patients by Thursday, she and her boyfriend left their home to go for a bicycle ride. The two were followed by state police; however they could not detain her. Hickox has said that a quarantine is unnecessary as she is showing no symptoms and has tested negative for the Ebola virus. State officials have said they’re going to court to try to detain her for the remainder of the...