Letters: Can't understand quarantine protest
Nurse Kaci Hickox rides away from the home she is staying in on a rural road in Fort Kent, Maine, to take a bike ride, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. Credit: AP / Robert F. Bukaty
I can't believe there is such dialogue and controversy about doctors introducing a deadly, contagious disease to this country ["No easy answers on quarantines," News, Oct. 28].
I agree there are issues. The doctors have a right to freedom of movement, and the public has a right to be safe and secure.
But a doctor or doctors introducing the deadly, contagious Ebola virus to this country? Somehow it just doesn't sound right.
Thomas Duignan, West Islip
I read "Fear-mongering stokes Ebola panic" by columnist Cathy Young [Opinion, Oct. 21]. A couple of days later, I happened to see Congressman Peter King on TV saying the doctors are wrong, and the Ebola virus can be airborne.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. This was a perfect example of what Young was saying in her column. It's wrong for an elected offical who should know better to make such an outrageous and irresponsible claim at a time when everyone is nervous about this virus.
I felt this was done for political gain two weeks before an election. The only way to stop this type of scare tactic by our politicans is to stay informed, especially us seniors, so these people can't bamboozle us.
Ann Leahy, Wantagh
