Ms. Hichkox Case

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Dr. Fiona’s claim that that the quarantine protocols for returning health workers are not justifiable is arbitrary. The health protocols regardless of the situation are very important especially for the health workers who must provide care for others. In case of Ms. Hichkox, since she was in-contact with patients suffering from a highly contagious virus such as Ebola, it was reasonable to follow a quarantine protocol initially. The fact that Ebola virus is only diagnosed after the development of symptoms and had no effective cure at the time, ignoring the possibility of Ms. Hickhox being infected was too great of risk to take for the health of public.
Let’s assume for a minute that after the initial screening Ms. Hickhox was released but few

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