New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is acknowledging that the 21-day Ebola quarantine he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced may be difficult to enforce.
The Daily News reports that Cuomo said Saturday that officials never considered whether people refusing to go along with the quarantine could face prosecution or arrest.
The newspaper says Cuomo was asked at a campaign event what would happen if someone resisted a quarantine order. He said, “It’s nothing that we’ve discussed, no.”
Cuomo and Christie announced Friday that travelers arriving in New York and New Jersey after close contact with Ebola patients in West Africa would be quarantined for 21 days. They described the quarantine as mandatory but did not explain how it would work.
Cuomo is seeking re-election on Nov. 4.
(AP)
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These medical workers gave of themselves treating Ebola patients, thus helping OUR country, (if chas vesholom something like that would happen here, we need the experience from doctors and nurses the actually worked with the sick…)
Now upon their return, they should continue helping our country, and the “least” they can do is be EXTRA careful for an additional 21 days and stay in quarantine or whatever is recommended as the “absolute safest”!!!