Jacob Sullum on Kaci Hickox’s Successful Ebola Quarantine Challenge

After a
judge rejected Maine’s attempt to quarantine Kaci Hickox,
the state’s attorney general said she was “very pleased,”
while the state’s governor called the decision
“unfortunate.” Jacob Sullum says the difference between these two
reactions is the difference between a rational, scientifically
informed response to Ebola and a demagogic response that sacrifices
liberty to a popular panic.

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