Now that Kaci Hickox is not in New Jersey, there is no legislative requirement for her to be in quarantine. There is also no scientific reason she should be in quarantine as she has tested negative for the virus and has no symptoms.

She is required by her contract with MSF to take her temperature twice a day and to report any fever to a designated hospital.

If you want an Ebola story to get worked up about, you could try this one http://homeopathycenter.org/news/ebola-crisis-homeopathic-community

"The good news is that a small international team of experienced and heroic homeopaths have arrived in West Africa, and are currently on the ground working hard to examine patients, work out the “genus epidemicus,” and initiate clinical trials."

I haven't heard of anything so stupid in quite some time.

Agronomist,

Yeah, I should read the detail before commenting : )

If she's tested negative and shows no symptoms, one would think she doesn't require quarantining this far down the track.

Why is she required to look out for fever - if she's tested negative...can it flair up even if it hasn't shown up in tests thus far?

She is required to look out for fever as a condition of her contract. The potential period between exposure and symptoms for Ebola virus disease is 2 to 21 days, but most commonly 8 to 10 days.

There is a small possibility that her tests could come back negative, due to low serum virus titres, despite being infected. This would usually be in the first few days after exposure and before symptoms will appear. Hickox has been back in the US for 7 days having left West Africa 10 days ago, has been tested twice and shows no symptoms. It is highly unlikely she has Ebola virus.

Hasbeen: She has refused to comply with a home isolation period, & has been riding her bicycle around the place.

You can't do that to me, I'm an American, Ah, have raights!

Cause to wonder if she made up her own mind about the infection control protocols while overseas too.

Perhaps she is rather fortunate to be riding her bike and getting publicity. She should be buying a lottery ticket, in a family member's name.