Violation of a State-imposed medical quarantine?
She has a constitutional right to not be seized without probable cause...
This is no different than any other Public Health crisis in which The State has the legal means by which to isolate those who pose a potential health risk.
How do municipal and county and state health departments get away with quarantining citizens in other health-hazard situations?
I have no clue which aspect of Constitutional Law empowers such agencies to issue such quarantine orders, but, whatever the answer is, I suspect that we are looking at the very same, exact legal basis for this instance, as we see in operation from time to time for other disease vectors.
Reckless endangerment?
Conspiracy to commit manslaughter?
Being a dedicated humanitarian who degenerated into a selfish ***** when asked to use common sense to remain isolated for a few more days?
What endangerment? What manslaughter? She is not sick. Nobody is in danger. She does not have Ebola. And there was never any probable cause to suggest that she ever did.
You already know the answers to your questions.
She is not sick now - but do we know whether she can still begin to manifest symptoms and signs and indicators - between now and the end of the 21-Day Quarantine Period?
As to 'probable cause' - her mere presence in a Hot Zone, and her work with and near infected persons - is all the 'probable cause' that is required, from a scientific, ethical and legal perspective, yes?
The 21-Day Quarantine Period is not centered upon individuals and their level of personal exposure.
The 21-Day Quarantine Period is centered upon a previous presence in a Hot Zone or in direct contact with an infected person.
It is preventative, not remedial in nature.
It is designed to give the rest of us the best possible chance to remain healthy, in the context of this threat vector.
By isolating those who meet the Hot Zone or other Exposure criteria, we reduce the chances that the rest of us will be infected by returning personnel.
It is not foolproof, but the methodology greatly improves those odds in our favor - which is what such blanket precautionary measures are all about.
The greatest good for the greatest number, in a public health contagious disease crisis sort of context.
The 21-Day Quarantine Period is mandatory - it is legal - and it must be enforced - no exceptions.
And those jurisdictions have at their disposal as much force as is necessary to ensure enforcement - at their own discretion.
Whether it be a nurse traveling by commercial airliner after exposure, traveling on a cruise ship with thousands of potential infection victims, whether it be a returning doctor who chose to frequent public transportation and bowling alleys or a know-it-all nurse who was pissed at being temporarily housed in substandard quarantine quarters and who is now acting-out that anger at great potential risk to her community and her nation...
We have seen a number of so-called Medical Professionals self-diagnosing and acting selfishly - risking the infection of others - just to pursue personal pleasures or agendas while still well within their own Risk Manifestation Timeframes - highly educated and humanitarian people acting like little children, in pursuit of their own pleasures, or to make a point.
Despicable and irresponsible behavior.
They are not above The Law, and The Law grants The State the legal authority to isolate them during times of public health risk.
They should be professionally sanctioned, censured, forced to comply, and, if appropriate, charged with various felonies that can be readily conjured, in dealing with such noncompliance, and the enforcement of such precautionary measures.
Throw the book at the little wankers.
Especially that lovely humanitarian nurse in Maine, who degenerated into a selfish ***** at the speed of light, just to make a political point, at the risk of her neighbors and countrymen.
