If you tested negative twice for Ebola, and the Government still insisted on the 21 day isolation, should the Government pay in full for any lost wages during that time?

For a lot of people missing 3 weeks work could bankrupt them.
Where it wouldn’t financially cripple us I wouldn’t want to miss that much work either.

There would be no one to do my job. I could go without 3 weeks of pay, but It would put a dent in my savings. Hopefully someone would pay my wages while I was quarantined.

At the very least, I’d say. If they’re going to insist on the quarantine, they can be the ones to pay for its costs—all of them. We have rights against this sort of government intrusion for a reason, after all, and guarantees that violations committed for the public good will be compensated.

For those that needed it yes. It would be foolish to risk those that could not afford to miss 3 weeks of work over a life threatening illness and spread to others.
Testing negative prior to the full incubation period means nothing.
If the government can print up all the cash it needs for everything else on a whim, let them print up some Ebola bucks. lol

Probably yes. Especially if it is a medical professional who cared for an ebola patient in America or worked for our government caring for ebola patients abroad.

@Coloma Why does ot matter if the person “needs” it or not?

Wages, any necessary childcare, care for pets.

Whoever compels the quarantine should pony up the money. If forcing you from your job benefits the society overall, said society is “disabling” you from earning a living. It certainly sounds as if you should qualify for disability payments. Of course you and your family might well end up homeless and in the streets by the time you saw a nickle.

Right or wrong, you’re not going to get this gov’mint to pay anything, unless it’s THEIR idea.

@snowberry that goes for any Government not just the current one.

@JLeslie I mean for those that could not afford 3 weeks off without pay. If I can afford it I don’t want the government paying my way but considering most people cannot, well….

Yes, I think the government should provide at least partial financial assistance.

The government has no accountability, or responsibility. While some may claim that they would have a moral obligation to do so, the truth is that government itself has no morality beyond what the people elected give it, and many of them would rather let the entire world burn than give one red cent to someone who needs it, or do anything that even implies than they made a mistake.

Such is the flipside of have a government of the people and by the people; it reflects our largely uncaring society.

@jerv Well they sure manage to print up plenty to keep the war machine raging.
Charity begins at home.

@Coloma We give plenty of charity at home. Did you think the banking industry used their own money to pay all those CEO bonuses? Nope; the government gave them our money to do that!

Maybe it can fall under sick pay at the company? The hospital pays it. The hospital probably makes a fortune somehow treating the patients. If they voluntarily travel to parts of Africa to help treat patients then I’m not sure. I assume that is coordinated with government efforts.

@Coloma So, if someone does the same work, helping Ebola patients, but they happen to have money in the bank they aren’t entitled to the “Ebola benefit” from the government, because they saved better, or their spouse makes a good salary? I disagree with that. They did the same work.

@jerv The bank money is being paid back to the government. During tarp banks were almost forced to take the money even when they didn’t need it. The bank my husband worked for wound up having to take it when they didn’t need it. His bank paid the entire amount back a few years ago. Who really pays is the customers in the end who are getting shitty returns on their money and bank fees are more and more ridiculous.

The blood test for ebola doesn’t detect the virus until you are showing symptoms so a negative blood test doesn’t mean you don’t have it. Conversely if you are not showing symptoms then you are not contagious so….

@JLeslie That’s true, I agree, I’m talking more about the average Joe or Jill where 3 weeks means they can’t pay the rent or make their mortgage payment or eat. I don’t know how some sort of Ebola stipend would be instituted, but in the case of creating great hardship I think it’s fair to lend a helping hand.

Full-time nurses make a very good wage, except for a few places in the US that pay crappy. The average is something like $60k and many make over $80k.

@JLeslie Yep, I have an RN friend, she makes 80k here in CA.

The quarantine is for the public good so the public should pay for it rather than the individual concerned.