Chris Christie managed to bully his way through the bridge scandal but the optics of a healthy nurse being held prisoner in a tent in cold weather finally proved too much for him.
Nurse in Newark to Be Allowed to Finish Ebola Quarantine at Home, Christie Says
A nurse who recently returned from West Africa and was quarantined for the past three days in a tent behind a New Jersey hospital despite having no symptoms associated with Ebola will be allowed to return home to serve out the rest of her mandatory quarantine.
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, in a brief interview, said that he expected her to be transferred Monday morning after doctors and federal officials signed off on the plan.
The treatment of the nurse, Kaci Hickox, has drawn withering criticism from both public health officials and the nurse herself. Ms. Hickox lives in Fort Kent, Me.
Here is Christie's lame effort to sound like a "reasonable" public official.
“It’s always been about her condition. And if her condition permits release, then we will work with the state officials in Maine to make sure she could go home,” he said. “Our preference always is to quarantine people in their homes.”
I am thankful that we have a responsible adult sitting in the oval office.