Perspective
Nov. 11, 2014
The legal authority for Ebola quarantines
Federal, state and local governments are being forced to revisit their procedures for handling individuals traveling into their territories from Ebola stricken areas of the world. By Kendall MacVey and Amit Palta
In the wake of nurse Kaci Hickox's refusal to be quarantined in her Maine home after returning from a trip treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, federal, state and local governments are being forced to revisit their procedures for handling individuals traveling into their territories from Ebola stricken areas of the world. New protocols have been developed that attempt to balance public safety, individual civil rights, an...
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