>>The NY Post is reporting that the doctor (from last week) initially lied to authorities - saying to officials at first that he isolated himself in his apartment, and didn't admit to riding the subways, dining out, etc. until after the police looked at the records regarding his MetroCard....and even then wouldn't give full answers until the police questions were given to him via the Health Department.

Wow. The story always stank- physicians don't "try" to self-isolate by traipsing around town. The next investigation to be done is whether he's even a MD. Plenty of fraudulent claim of qualification out there, especially involving Africa. E.g. I once said "good morning" in Shona to a purported Zimbabwean doctor who looked at me blankly. If she's not Zimbabwean, what else is she faking?

>>That....coupled with the statements over the last 24 hours from the nurse (who won't even agree to quarantine measures in her own residence, which has decreased my sympathy for her)

Kevin, she doesn't have Ebola. Why should she agree to Quarantine? Perhaps if all of her critics agreed to be quarantined in sympathy since they don't need it either, she might be more amenable. Meantime, as her lawyer puts it: "the only reason that there is a cry for quarantine is because the political side has decided that it would just be better if she stayed home and lost her civil right so we could all feel more comfortable, which is not supported by any medical evidence."

>>That, coupled with the arrogance of "zero risk, nada, if you're not showing symptoms" (which, you might be interested to know, even the CDC now acknowledges is not a 100% guarantee) are definite cause for concern.

Scientists would say you never can prove a hypothesis absolutely, you can only disprove it. In this case, there's never been a case of infection except by fluid contact from a patient with symptoms. Is this a guarantee of safety? No more than waiting for a green light before entering an intersection is a guarantee of safety. I'll guarantee there's a lot more morbidity and mortality from car crashes than from asymptomatic people giving you Ebola- 35,000 deaths on US roads in 2013. Yet people get in their cars to go protest about a naughty nurse. What about the salad you buy at the supermarket- people have died by eating salad but still you buy it, meanwhile insisting on 100% safety about something else that never has happened. The fact is that most of your life is lived without 100% guarantees, or expectation of same.