Quarantined Ebola Nurse: 'Beautiful Day for a Bike Ride'

A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone but has tested negative for the virus ventured out of her home in Maine and took a bike ride on Thursday, defying a quarantine order and setting up a legal collision with state authorities.

Attorneys for Kaci Hickox, 33, said they had not yet been served with a court order to enforce a 21-day quarantine - matching the virus's maximum incubation period - but remained prepared to fight such an order if necessary.

Hickox left her home in the small Maine town of Fort Kent, along the Canadian border, and television news images showed her taking a morning bicycle ride with her boyfriend. Hickox has given the state a deadline of Thursday to lift an order that she remain at home until Nov. 10, or she will go to court.

"It's a beautiful day for a bike ride," said Hickox, dressed in bike gear including a helmet as she headed out for a three-mile (5 km) ride while police stationed outside her house stood by without trying to stop her, according to local media.

Comments

[mr lizard]

I hope she sent her dog to live with relatives. Spurning authority has consequences, and the first thing those asshole will do is put down her dog as part of the "quarintine". And they will probably do it right in front of her for "safety" reasons.

Who else wants their Precog Nut Shot?

[Harvey_birdman]

Quarantine was actually a pretty good remake of the Spanish-language film Rec.

[RightFolks]

Hickox is/was a Fellow at the CDC which advocated for quarantine. Strange how quarantine is beneath her.

[Charles X]

I saw her on the news riding her bike surrounded by the media. It would have been funny if she had a sneezing attack.

[Mildred111]

Can you have some spare time to sit back in your chair having your laptop with you and making some money online for some interesting online work said Jenny Francis in the party last nightsee more what is for you there to increase your pocket money??.

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[Anon E. Mouse]

I'll actually laugh if this selfish bitch dies of ebola.

[murphywu]

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