Ebola nurse on defensive gets call from Obama

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By RAY HENRY

ATLANTA (AP) — A nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being infected by her dying patient was released Tuesday from a hospital isolation unit, where doctors defended her as a courageous front-line caregiver.

Another nurse, held for days in a medical tent in New Jersey after volunteering in West Africa, was in an undisclosed location in Maine, objecting to quarantine rules as overly restrictive.

While world leaders appeal for more doctors and nurses on the front lines of the Ebola epidemic, health care workers in the United States are finding themselves on the defensive.

Lawyers now represent both Amber Vinson, who contracted the virus while caring for a Liberian visitor to Texas, and Kaci Hickox, who is challenging the mandatory quarantines some states are imposing on anyone who came into contact with Ebola victims.

FULL story at link.



Amber Vinson, 29, the Dallas nurse who was being treated for Ebola, rear, looks on as Emory University Hospital epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Ribner speaks during a news conference after Vinson was discharged from the hospital, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in Atlanta. Vinson worked as a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who died of Ebola at the hospital on Oct. 8. Vinson was one of two nurses who became infected while caring for Duncan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)


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[Fred Sanders]

1. Amber Vinson. Here name is VINSON. You can put it in the title, fucking corporate media are

trying to depersonalize anyone interfering with their fear mongering.

She is not fucking "Ebola Nurse".

NBC did the same thing with the New Jersey Governor and Kaci Hickox, R.N., Epidemiologist, Scientist.

[markpkessinger]

5. In fairness to Omaha Steve . . .

His title corresponded to the headline of the source article -- a practice which is, if I'm not mistaken, consistent with the rules of the LBN forum.

[Fred Sanders]

6. Yes, of course, I know. My screaming is only to the fucking media.

[markpkessinger]

7. Yes, on that point I certainly agree with you! n/t

[George II]

2. Omaha....no mention of a call from Obama in your post?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. It's in the story at the link

"We've got to make sure that those workers who are willing and able and dedicated to go over there in a really tough job, that they're applauded, thanked and supported. That should be our priority. And we can make sure that when they come back they are being monitored in a prudent fashion," Obama said after calling Vinson from the White House

[Bigmack]

4. Thanks for adding this on to your post! NT Ms Bigmack

[BumRushDaShow]

8. You are welcome!