Kaci Hickox - Uber Bitch or Angelic Nurse?

[VtaGeezer]

It's those horrendous living conditions.

These guys were perfectly healthy but were locked up for three weeks anyway;

In '69, NASA had no idea what the astronauts might bring back from the Moon (Hoagland notwithstanding).  The quarantine reg was dropped in 1971 after it was shown unnecessary. The last three Apollo missions had no quarantine.  In 2014, there's a 40 year knowledge base on Ebola transmission that shows total isolation as decreed by Christie (and this specifically is what I've objected to) was pandering to and exploiting unjustified public fear.  Cuomo backed off immediately to paid home quarantine for NY.  I've no problem with that. 

There have been a total of two people infected with Ebola in the US, and both were literally up to their elbows in Ebola-laced blood, puke and diarrhea in a facility that wasn't prepared to deal with it.  None of the people in close contact with Duncan before he was gravely ill have Ebola, not even the woman who slept in the same bed with him while he was symptomatic. None of the dozens who cared for the patients at Emory, in Omaha, or at NIH in MD have been infected.  What we have is low grade mass hysteria fueled by media and now, irrationally, politics.  The last time we had it, we got the Patriot Act and a war driven by criminal intent.  Nurse Hickox is no shrinking violet, and is pushing back. Good. If we'd done more of that in 2001/2, maybe we wouldn't have had a seven-year nightmare.  Today, Hickox has a Maine state cop stationed outside her house.

There's no comparison between the relatively luxurious Airstream for Apollo and the hovel of a tent that Christie's had for Hickox or whoever else may have returned from treating Ebola in Africa.
THIS:


VS THIS:

[FightTheFuture]

It'll give me a chance to catch up on my technical journals!

(5 points go to whoever gets that first....)

Scottie hahahaha

[West of the Rockies]

Five points awarded!  Spend them wisely....

[pate]

I stand by her Air Force hawtness, I stand ready to be disproved on the Air Force claim...

[DigitalPigSnuggler]

Today, Hickox has a Maine state cop stationed outside her house.

[VtaGeezer]

What, no violins???

[pate]

Awesome!  Are u board yet with the watching at your post?

[Eddie Coyle]

     Frizzy haired narcissist. I hope she's Ebola-free.

      But finds a lump.

[pate]

I just bought a ton of Carnivora on a hot tip that it was about to be outlawed... 

If you look up 'rube' I think it is my picture...

[bateman]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-orders-ebola-quarantine-protocols-20141029-story.html

But, but, I thought it was just that fat Republican governor instituting these draconian measures!

[VtaGeezer]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-orders-ebola-quarantine-protocols-20141029-story.html

But, but, I thought it was just that fat Republican governor instituting these draconian measures!

"Dr. Ron Chapman, the state's health officer, said California is establishing a statewide standard to protect the public. Chapman said the extent of quarantines will be determined by county health officials on a case-by-case basis. That means some people could be isolated at home while others deemed lower risk are free to move about while being monitored."

What? Not in a tent with a suitcase potty?  No armed cop outside? Typical from those pussies in CA.

Quarantine isn't the issue, but how to impose it on the few people willing to fight the disease in Africa is.
 

[bateman]

"Dr. Ron Chapman, the state's health officer, said California is establishing a statewide standard to protect the public. Chapman said the extent of quarantines will be determined by county health officials on a case-by-case basis. That means some people could be isolated at home while others deemed lower risk are free to move about while being monitored."

What? Not in a tent with a suitcase potty?  No armed cop outside? Typical from those pussies in CA.

Quarantine isn't the issue, but how to impose it on the few people willing to fight the disease in Africa is.

The issue has moved beyond those initial conditions - her "home quarantine" is apparently even too onerous now.

[VtaGeezer]

The issue has moved beyond those initial conditions - her "home quarantine" is apparently even too onerous too.

I agree; she's being a bit of a jerk now. 

[Kelt]

If this were the 1800's, John Wayne would put her over his knee and spank some manners into her.

Then he'd get on his horse and slaughter some restless Native Americans, before coming back and doing the forced sex on her.

Three problems solved in the course of one afternoon. 

Simple solutions for a simpler time.

[Treading Water]

I agree; she's being a bit of a jerk now.

Does this mean she won't be getting a big ole' hug from Meester Chreeestie anytime soon?
Maybe she's just really, really pissed off.  Must be because she doesn't look like a model.

This could be is a good thing.  Now they can start making all those un-vaccinated children suit up in plastic overalls before they step outside.  Don't forget your face shield little Johnny.  And anyone with a cough or who looks like they have a cold will be mandated to wear a face mask while in public. 
Yessss, that was sarcasm.... :  Hmmm, but now that I think about it....

[Juan]

Honestly, guys, why so many comments on her appearance?  We go with the hand we're dealt, and she looks healthy and like an adventurous person.  She's educated, well-traveled, fit...

Man, I don't think I'd ever post my ugly mug on this forum to await the frenzy of snark.

I think some people here have problems with normal attractive women.  They seem to like only the surgically altered. Intelligence, health, education and charity have no hope against silicone and Botox.

[Yorkshire pud]

I've missed the reports of the hundreds of thousands of people who have contracted it from the medics returning from West Africa. We were promised it at least a month ago, and it hasn't been reported. I'm saying cover up.

[albrecht]

I think some people here have problems with normal attractive women.  They seem to like only the surgically altered. Intelligence, health, education and charity have no hope against silicone and Botox.

Blame Hollywood, the media, the modeling agencies, and porn. Those darn leftists! Not that men over the centuries haven't always liked good looking women, to wit stories of Bathsheba and Cleopatra etc, but the standard has changed to the fake Barbie look in more recent times. I laugh everytime I see a Botox commercial or politician with it. It used to be a friggin poison that we'd worrying about in canned goods. Now they even advertise it for those who "leak" from "down there" in commercials.

[paladin1991]

And anyone with a cough or who looks like they have a cold will be mandated to wear a face mask while in public. 
Yessss, that was sarcasm.... :  Hmmm, but now that I think about it....

Work with the public much?  Those filthy bipedal livestock are constantly hacking, coughing, sneezing, snotting, farting and breathing (within WHO direct contact guidelines) all over us.  Got a 'bug'?  Fuck it, maggot, wear a face mask.  Why must I carry home your friggin diseased bio matter to my family?

[Lt.Uhura]

Work with the public much?  Those filthy bipedal livestock are constantly hacking, coughing, sneezing, snotting, farting and breathing (within WHO direct contact guidelines) all over us.  Got a 'bug'?  Fuck it, maggot, wear a face mask.  Why must I carry home your friggin diseased bio matter to my family?

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.
-- John Steinbeck

[paladin1991]

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.
-- John Steinbeck

"Even the losers, get lucky sometimes."
                                 --Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

[area51drone]

I think some people here have problems with normal attractive women.  They seem to like only the surgically altered. Intelligence, health, education and charity have no hope against silicone and Botox.

Completely untrue with regards to my opinions about what makes a woman attractive.  I am not a fan of fake, including painted on eyebrows:

[paladin1991]

Completely untrue with regards to my opinions about what makes a woman attractive.  I am not a fan of fake, including painted on eyebrows:

Is that Carrot Top?

[Evil Twin Of Zen]

Work with the public much?  Those filthy bipedal livestock are constantly hacking, coughing, sneezing, snotting, farting and breathing (within WHO direct contact guidelines) all over us.  Got a 'bug'?  Fuck it, maggot, wear a face mask.  Why must I carry home your friggin diseased bio matter to my family?

they're all "walkers" to me. even the ones that are friends.

[paladin1991]

they're all "walkers" to me. even the ones that are friends.

Yeah, but would you look at the pair she's packing?

[area51drone]

Imagine what those nipples would look like erect...