Politics: Should Amber Vinson be charged with a felony?

She definitely had symptoms when she left Cleveland. That's endangerment and she crossed state lines so it's a Federal offense as well as a local offense and she could be charged for a criminal act at both the State and Federal levels. The law is supposed to be objective and not driven by emotion so yes if our laws were truly objective and she put peoples lives at risk and then confessed she should be charged with a crime. If the charges warrant a felony status then yes to that question too. More importantly is that she does not realize that at least 2 schools were shut down and the parents of the children as well as countless adults have the full legal right to pursue civil litigation for putting them at risk and the stress and stigma caused by their now being under quarantine for 21 days because of her actions.

She definitely had symptoms when she left Cleveland. That's endangerment and she crossed state lines so it's a Federal offense as well as a local offense and she could be charged for a criminal act at both the State and Federal levels. The law is supposed to be objective and not driven by emotion so yes if our laws were truly objective and she put peoples lives at risk and then confessed she should be charged with a crime. If the charges warrant a felony status then yes to that question too. More importantly is that she does not realize that at least 2 schools were shut down and the parents of the children as well as countless adults have the full legal right to pursue civil litigation for putting them at risk and the stress and stigma caused by their now being under quarantine for 21 days because of her actions.

Love how the cons here refuse to hold her personally responsible for her actions, and instead blame the government for her actions. So much for the party of "personal accountability".

As a NURSE, she should have known better than to travel if she was showing symptoms, regardless of what the CDC said. They provide only advice; SHE took the action.

But no, I don't think she should be charged with a crime, since there is no evidence she intentionaly travelled for the purpose of spreading the virus.

ad symptoms when she left Cleveland. That's endangerment and she crossed state lines so it's a Federal offense as well as a local offense and she could be charged for a criminal act at both the State and Federal levels. The law is supposed to be objective and not driven by emotion so yes if our laws were truly objective and she put peoples lives at risk and then confessed she should be charged with a crime. If the charges warrant a felony status then yes to that question too. More importantly is that she does not realize that at least 2 schools were shut down and the parents of the children as well as countless adults have the full legal right to pursue civil litigation for putting them at

So, let me get this straight . . . you are suggesting that a nurse who contracted ebola after caring for an ebola patient, and who did not know she had the disease, and who showed no symptoms of the disease (the authorities did not know either), and who merely felt a little under the weather, should be charged with a crime???!!!

Surely she deserves a medal for bravery.

Would you put yourself at risk to care for an ebola patient? If not, then STFU.

When I had symptoms of some virus a while, the hospital told me nothing was wrong and sent me home only for me to get worse and go back to the hospital. So now we're going to lock up people for having runny nose and throwing up? How the heck are we supposed to know what we have if medical people don't care enough to find out?

Ebola is not contagious until the patient is actually vomiting and has diarrhea. There's very little chance that she passed it on to anyone. Let's wait and see what happens before we start the lynching parties, ok?

No. Quarantines are important for public safety, but it is not a criminal offense to break a quarantine. Preliminary and cautious quarantines are the behavioral equivalent of politically correct language. We hope that people will abide by them, but it is not yet a house arrest. Public shaming is the best we have as an incentive to maintain quarantines for people who may be infectious, unless we are going to lock up these people. Vinson has the disease, and is now in mandatory quarantine, essentially arrested. That seems punishment enough to me for someone who put herself in harms way to treat the sick.

After reading the article you referenced, I see why you question Vinson's travel. However, I would pay attention to the wording in the article and from the CDC. The article and the CDC said she 'may' have been symptomatic before taking the flights. Medicine is not as exacting as most people imagine. Often times medicine has to back track and essentially feel its way through disease. The public is demanding exactitude from the CDC. Medicine is not that straightforward usually, despite what medical professionals say.

If she lied to the CDC then yes she needs to be charged.Can we charge Obama for endangering the population?

There does not appear to be anything political here. It depends on what she knew and when she knew it. From what I have seen, she is guilty of any crime, but rather just in the wrong situation while trying to do her job. She is no criminal, nor a hero, just a person.