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[bassexpander]

http://underquarantine.tumblr.com/


There are tons of great photos on here, folks.

[RufusW]

Apparently they're now in solitary(ish) confinement. He's a funny writer as well, good find!

[karmarooster]

here are two more blogs:

http://therubycanary.wordpress.com/

http://web.me.com/superacidjax/Sparkling_Chaos/Welcome/Welcome.html

#2 has a video tour of the quarantine area.

[RACETRAITOR]

Nothing lamer than quarantined patients complaining about their right to infect us being taken away.

[harlowethrombey]

[phoneboothface]

Holy crap this is scary.

I sneezed today as I was walking down the street and a high school kid RAN to the other side of the street and covered his face with both hands.

Are they being quarantined because they just got here?

I haven't left the country in months so I assume I'm ok but um...?

[harlowethrombey]

I read all his posts.

They're under quarentine because they had contact with someone who had the flu. It doesnt sound like the blogger or anyone else has the flu, but the CDC is keeping them there just in case.

Sounds like a real bummer of a situation as they're not supposed to:
smoke
go outside
suntan
exercise
read books
use the internet
drink


The first week of SMOE training had us cooped up in this building for a week and unable to leave (there were actual security guards that turned me away when I tried to take a 6AM jog into town. And they were posted at every exit). But at least we had the internet and workout facilities.

It sounds like they're trying to make the best of a bad situation, but they're getting a tan, which puts them one up on me But the CDC apparently trying to clamp down on the outflow of information is just the sort of self-defeating action I'd expect. . . from North Korea.

However, for me, the most damning part of the blog is the lax response from the U.S. embassey.

[Adventurer]

Well, those guys holding them in quarantine don't want these guys in quarantine. In American movies, do you see guys going out smoking and tanning when they're in quarantine and given the the Ritz kind of treatment? Not really. I am not sure how a quarantine would work in real life in the U.S. How would a quarantine work back home for a person who is sick? I believe folks might have been quarantined for having SARS in Canada. I can't really remember.

Aren't quarantined people kind of confined? I don't know protocols back home regarding this stuff.

[RACETRAITOR]

[Smee]

What gets me is they "quarantined" everyone together, meaning the sick infected everyone else.

I don't have a problem with quarantining these teachers, because some of them did after all test positive. However, I don't want to see this attributed to a certain country (especially since it seems to have originated in Japan) or a certain set of workers. Sure, stronger measures at the border may help . . . but so will, as everyone's been saying forever, washing hands, covering mouths, and not coming to work sick.