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   Even Democrat governors admit that liberal health   
   "professionals" cannot be trusted to adhere to an honor system.   
      
   The Obama administration is pressuring New York Gov. Andrew   
   Cuomo (D) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) to reverse the   
   mandatory quarantine for all health care workers who have   
   treated Ebola patients, the New York Times reported Sunday.   
      
   One day after a doctor tested positive for the deadly virus in   
   New York City, Cuomo and Christie announced a mandatory 21-day   
   quarantine for any individual who has had contact with Ebola   
   patients in Africa. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and   
   Prevention, in contrast, recommends voluntary quarantines.   
      
   "It's too serious a situation to leave it to the honor system of   
   compliance," Cuomo said of the decision.   
      
   According to the New York Times, the governors are now facing   
   pushback from the White House:   
      
   Federal officials made it clear that they do not agree with the   
   governors about the need or effectiveness of a total quarantine   
   for health care workers, though they were careful not to   
   directly criticize the governors themselves.   
   A senior administration official, who did not want to be   
   identified in order to discuss private conversations with state   
   officials on the issue, called the decision by the governors   
   “uncoordinated, very hurried, an immediate reaction to the New   
   York City case that doesn’t comport with science.”   
   An unnamed White House source made similar comments to the   
   Associated Press.   
      
   Four patients in the United States have been diagnosed with   
   Ebola since last month. The virus is transmitted through direct   
   contact with the bodily fluids of someone who is experiencing   
   Ebola symptoms.   
      
   On Sunday, the National Institute of Health's top Ebola   
   specialist took to the morning public affairs programs to speak   
   out on the quarantine. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the   
   National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned   
   that such aggressive policies could deter health care workers   
   from traveling to West Africa to curb the spread of Ebola, thus   
   threatening public health globally.   
      
   "If you put everyone in one basket, even people who are clearly   
   no threat, then we have the problem of the disincentive of   
   people that we need," Fauci told ABC News. "Let’s not forget the   
   best way to stop this epidemic and protect America is to stop it   
   in Africa, and you can really help stopping it in Africa if we   
   have our people, our heroes, the health care workers, go there   
   and help us to protect America."   
      
   Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, made   
   similar remarks on NBC's "Meet The Press."   
      
   Kaci Hickox, a nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone,   
   was quarantined Friday after flying into Newark Liberty Airport.   
   In a Dallas Morning News op-ed and subsequent CNN interview,   
   Hickox described being detained for hours in "a frenzy of   
   disorganization" at the airport.   
      
   "This is an extreme that is really unacceptable, and I feel like   
   my basic human rights have been violated," she told CNN. "To put   
   me through this emotional and physical stress is completely   
   unacceptable."   
      
   Christie and Cuomo have stood by the quarantine.   
      
   "The government's job is to protect safety and health of our   
   citizens," Christie said on "Fox News Sunday." "I have no second   
   thoughts about it."   
      
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/26/white-house-ebola-   
   quarantine_n_6050448.html   
      
       
      
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