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Ebola quarantine

2014-10-29 17:04:31.823821+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Quoting Jim Wright on Facebook:

From the Didn't Really Think This One Through Department:

"Maine officials have ordered [nurse Kaci Hickox] to hole up at home until 21 days have passed since she last contacted an Ebola victim where she was volunteering in Sierra Leone. And a state trooper stationed outside her home told NBC News that Hickox will be arrested if she walks outside."

A state trooper stationed outside her home said Hickox will be arrested if she walks outside.

He'll arrest her, if she walks outside.

And THEN what?

No really, think about that. After they arrest her, then what?

Are they going to put her in the back of a police cruiser and take her to jail? Are they going to process her into the penal system, you know, fingerprints and all of that? This woman they're all so afraid of? The one that might have OMFG! ZOMBIE PLAGUE! What if she wipes a booger on the fingerprint sheet? And then what? Will Maine build a secure biological isolation ward in the local jail? Or are they going to put her into General Population WITH OTHER PEOPLE? Or are they going to stuff her into another tent? Who's going to guard her? Cops in biohazard suits?

But yeah, let's arrest her. Good idea.

Maybe, and this is just a thought, maybe they could find a medical professional who has direct experience treating Ebola in Africa to advise them ...

Oh wait.

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I visualize the scene in the police car like this:

From the backseat: <sneeze! COUGH COUGH!>
Cop: For God's sake, Lady, Cover your mouth!
From the backseat: <sniffle> Sorry, can't. Handcuffs you know...

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