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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The Politics and Legalities of Ebola Quarantines

    Nurse Kaci Hickox was put into a mandatory quarantine in New Jersey over the weekend after she returned from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone. Hickox says she was not showing symptoms and shouldn’t have been isolated, and charged that her civil rights were violated.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 27, 2014 • 1 min read

    Nurse Kaci Hickox was put into a mandatory quarantine in New Jersey over the weekend after she returned from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone. Hickox says she was not showing symptoms and shouldn’t have been isolated, and charged that her civil rights were violated. What political pressures were at play in keeping her quarantined, and in her release? And what does the law say about quarantines?

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    The Politics of Ebola Quarantines and Zombies v The World Series
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Elise Viebeck

      The Hill

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      Steven Gravely

      Virginia attorney focused on healthcare, a partner with Troutman Sanders

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    The Politics of Ebola Quarantines and Zombies v The World Series
    1. 0:00The Politics and Legalities of Ebola QuarantinesYou’re reading this
    2. 10:36Preparing for a Volcano
    3. 17:15Zombies v. The World Series
    4. 26:16The Organized Mind
    5. 42:07Rejecting Apple Pay
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand