New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced Monday that a nurse who had been involuntarily quarantined at a Newark hospital after returning from West Africa would be allowed to serve out the rest of her quarantine at home.
In an interview with the New York Times, Christie said that he expected Kaci Hickox, who lives in Fort Kent, Maine, to be transferred Monday morning after doctors and federal officials gave the green light.
“I’m hopeful that this morning if all goes well we’ll be able to release her and send her back to Maine,” Christie told the newspaper.
Hickox, who has been asymptomatic since she returned to the U.S. from a stint working with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone, wrote a harrowing account this weekend of her treatment at Newark International Airport and in quarantine at a local hospital. In a later interview with CNN, she slammed Christie’s mandatory quarantine policy and said she felt “like my basic human rights have been violated.”
Wow, the 2016 Ebola President caves…can the 2014 Ebola Republican Congress be far behind?
Oh my Mr. Knee Jerk Reactionary, did the nurse actually having the audacity to tell the world how you were treating her like a criminal, and threatening a lawsuit because her civil rights were violated, by an ex US Attorney of all people, make you finally realize that you do not look like a leader, but a dangerous political opportunist, that would violate other American’s right for your cheap political ambitions?
You are the typical ego maniac, and have gotten away with being a bully for far too long, along with acting like a mobster against your enemies. Now you just ended up looking like an inept fool AGAIN!
A pawn in Christi’s political gamesmanship, is what that nurse was.
I’m betting his attorneys told him that the lawsuit against New Jersey over this would be a slam dunk due to a lack of medical necessity. He’s afraid of what millions of tax payer dollars being spent on a blatantly political move with no basis in science will look like in two years.
“after doctors and federal officials gave the green light.”
You mean, after the tempermental asshat finally listened to existing advice/information.