Not with a bang, but a "sure, I'm under quarantine, but it's voluntary and I'm asymptomatic and I really am feeling peckish."
Yeesh.
Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman:
This is Why Zombie Outbreak Scenarios Work
You know, if I was going to write/run a zombie outbreak story (I'm not, but bear with me) and near the beginning of the story, I said "…and then one of the members of the news crew that 'US Patient Zero' was on decides to break quarantine to pick up some food at the local Peachy Keens Buffet," people's fairly legitimate response would be "OH COME ON."
Except this is, as we see, entirely plausible.
Because people are fucking stupid.
You can't count on much, but you can always count on that.
NBC’s Medical Correspondent Is Quarantined for Ebola, Goes Out Anyway
NBC Chief Medical Correspondent Nancy Snyderman, apparently not a fan of Ebola quarantines, is now under police surveillance after she was spotted out in public in New Jersey last week.
She says it's cool because she's a "health professional" but she practiced medicine for only 1 year — in 1983
"It's cool because I did an upgrade of our mainframe from VM/SP 1 to 2 in 1983, so I remember everything necessary to do so today …"
Jeez.
Worse than appears on first report. Man who went in to pick up the order was one of the crew that was also under quarantine. A third quarantined crew member was also in the car. Here is her unapologetic apology
“While under voluntary quarantine guidelines, which called for our team to avoid public contact for 21 days, members of our group violated those guidelines and understand that our quarantine is now mandatory until 21 days have passed. We remain healthy and our temperatures are normal.
As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public, but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused. We are thrilled that Ashoka is getting better and our thoughts continue to be with the thousands affected by Ebola whose stories we all went to cover.”