By the saga of kaci hickox, the nurse forced into quarantine. Her week began in a tent outside of a hospital in newark, new jersey with no heat, no shower and a makeshift toilet. She said she was held prisoner. Governor Chris Christie said she should stop complaining. So she hired attorneys and after a few days in the tent she was allowed to go to her home in maine. Enter a new governor of maine. He decided she should be quarantined again. She went out on her bike. As of now after a court ruling she is allowed to leave her house but is subject to daily monitoring by health officials. Polls show that 80 of americans are in favor of quarantines for those who had close contact with ebola patients. Many who live in kaci hickoxs hometown feel that way also. But the nurse is free to go out in her town, so how are local authorities handling this . Joining me now is the police chief of fort kent, thomas, there has been a great deal of concern about the safety of your community. I have a differ
She had whats being described as extensive contact with the liberian man who died of ebola last week in dallas. She became ill despite the fact that she was wearing protective gear. Theres an urgent effort under way right now to try to find out what happened. President obama is under pressure to name a socalled ebola czar, has just huddled to Top Administration officials. And were monitoring a situation at bostons Logan Airport where medical teams in hazmat gear have boarded on airliner which arrived from the middle east. Dr. Anthony fauci is standing by along with our correspondents, our analysts and our newsmakers. Lets begin with cnns Victor Blackwell who has the latest from dallas. Reporter cnn affiliate wfaa identifies this nurse as nina pham, 26 years old. Hospital Officials Say she followed the protective procedures just the way the cdc lays them out. She wore the gown, the masks, all thats involved. But obviously something went wrong and now cdc detectives are here in dallas tr
Reported fever, he contacted the Health Department. We contacted ems and he was brought to Bellevue Hospital. The test for ebola was conducted on blood drawn here at Bellevue Hospital, and conducted at our Public Health lab. I think that i should turn over to dr. Zucker to talk about the process of his transfer. We really are confident that all of the protocols that weve worked so hard to put in place for communications with all levels of our Public Health system with our emergency medical system, with our Public Health system has worked as well as we expected them to work and were glad that the patient is safely here at Bellevue Hospital. Over to you, dr. Zucker. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Bassett and thank you, Governor Cuomo and mayor de blasio. Firstly, our wishes and prayers go out to this doctor, his family and friends for a speedy recovery. As youve heard the time line of what we have heard about this patient, i think its important to mention that as bellevue has been preparing f
This week weve been riveted by the saga of kaci hickox, the nurse forced into quarantine. Her week began 18 tent outside of a hospital in newark, new jersey with no heat, no shower and a makeshift toilet. She said she was held prisoner. Governor Chris Christie said she should stop complaining. So she hired attorneys and after a few days in the tent she was allowed to go to her home in maine. Enter a new governor of maine. He decided she should be quarantined again. She went out on her bike. As of now after a court ruling she is allowed to leave her house but is subject to daily monitoring by health officials. Polls show that 80 of americans are in favor of quarantines for those who had close contact with ebola patients. Many who live in kaci hickox hometown feel that way also. But the nurse is free to go out in her town, so how are local authorities handling this . Joining me now is the police chief of fort kent, thomas, there has been a great deal of concern about the safety of your c
Also, an allstar gps panel to grade the Obama Administration on how it did with this weeks major challenges, isis, ebola, and an insider attack from lee i dont panetta. Then, why it is that the American Economy is looking up, up, up, but most americans are very down about it. I will explain. And think you know who invented the light bulb . Think again. But first, heres my take. When Television Host bill maher declares on his weekly show that the muslim world has too much in common with isis, and the author, sam harris a guest on his show, concurs, arguing that, islam is the mother lode of bad ideas, i understand why people get upset. Maher and harris made crude implications, yet they were also talking about something real. I know all the arguments speaking of islam as violent and reactionary. It is a vast world of 1. 6 billion people, places like indonesia and india have hundreds of millions of muslims who dont fit these caricatures. Thats why maher and harris argue of simplification a