To Quarantine or Not to Quarantine

The question of whether or not to quarantine those returning from West Africa who have been caring for people with Ebola is in the forefront of many people’s minds. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of CLAL and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily, reminds us that this is a question that has plagued man since Biblical times and that while the risk is real, so was the need for people to take care of one another.

Tags: Awareness, Disease, Doctors, Ebola, Faith on the Record, Involuntary Quarantine, Leprosy, Nurses, Outbreak, Personal Health, Protection, Public Health, Quarantine, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Voluntary Quarantine, West Africa