Trump Officials Impose 21-Day Ebola, Hantavirus Quarantines, Stunning Health Experts
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Updated · The New York Times · May 21
Trump Officials Impose 21-Day Ebola, Hantavirus Quarantines, Stunning Health Experts
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 21
Trump administration officials have ordered unusually strict confinement measures for people potentially exposed to Ebola and hantavirus, including home lockdowns and federal quarantine.
More than a dozen people were told to remain at home with twice-daily checks, while 18 passengers from a hantavirus-infected cruise ship were quarantined in Nebraska for 21 days.
Officials also kept American doctors exposed to Ebola at foreign hospitals instead of repatriating them to specialized U.S. treatment centers used in past outbreaks.
The tougher stance surprised public health experts because it goes beyond measures that previously contained both diseases and comes from appointees who opposed Covid-era lockdowns and mandatory quarantines.
Why is the US defying WHO guidance by not repatriating its own doctors exposed to Ebola?
Why are officials once against health mandates now using stricter measures for new outbreaks?
With no vaccine for this new Ebola strain, are aggressive quarantines the new global standard?