The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

What are your priorities, doc?

Mandatory Quarantines Have Negative Consequences

The nation's top infectious control doctor says mandatory quarantines of Ebola patients can have what he calls the unintended consequence of discouraging health care workers from volunteering in the Ebola-ravaged countries of West Africa.

Dr. Anthony Fauci (FOW'-chee) is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 

He says that as a physician and scientist, he would not have recommended a quarantine.

Because it would be bad for Africa.

Sounds like somebody needs to have a chat with those docs.

They're willing to risk their lives for stricken Africans but not to spend three weeks in quarantine to protect Americans from the same awful fate?

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