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Federal And State Officials At Odds Over Mandatory Ebola Quarantines
ResumeNew Jersey officials say a nurse who was quarantined after working in West Africa with Ebola patients is being released.
The state Health Department said in a statement Monday that Kaci Hickox had been symptom-free for 24 hours and would be taken on a private carrier to Maine.
Hickox has complained about her treatment in New Jersey and was talking about suing. She was the first person forced into a mandatory quarantine in the state, announced Friday by. Gov. Chris Christie for people arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport from three West African countries.
Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School, joins Here & Now's Robin Young to discuss the ethics and impact of quarantining people who may have had contact with Ebola patients.
The Associated Press contributed reporting to this article.
Guest
- Alta Charo, professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
This segment aired on October 27, 2014.