Thank you! Her employer told her what she was doing was safe. She then trusted the CDC when they told her she was safe to fly. Now, everyone is pissed at her. I'm not a nurse, but this would make me really apprehensive to care for an Ebola patient, not only am I at risk for trying to help someone with Ebola, but I now…

As a nurse, I face much more deadly (at least in terms of # of deaths) and contagious diseases every.single.day. Flu, MRSA, VRE, C.Diff, Tuberculosis, Measles, Disseminated Herpes Zoster. Heck, I even had a patient with an unknown intestinal parasite from a third-world country. We had to put his poop in biohazard bags…

If Vinson was a cop who got injured while on the job following protocol in a situation where their superior gave them the go ahead, they would be getting a park named after them and the media would be calling them America's greatest fucking hero. And you want her to lose her license to practice?

"She was obviously sick on Friday, before the fever kicked in, so all the passengers on that flight need to be checked out as well."

Stop with your logic and facts. WE NEED HYSTERIA.

Welcome to the greys! Where are the other logical voices are being quarantined because it is more fun to yell "EBOLA WEDDING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX!" Ugh. This fucking article.

So much misplaced anger here. The CDC and the hospital should have had clear protocols in place, which they did. However, I think we are learning more about the virus and how it spreads, which might render those current protocols ineffectual. I'm not angry with this woman. If she followed the procedures as laid…

While there are a lot of things to question about what happened here, saying, "she was obviously sick on Friday, before the fever kicked in" is completely irresponsible. Ebola is only communicable when the carrier is symptomatic, and you have no idea what symptoms she was - or wasn't - having prior to noting her…

And here's some background on the complete ineptitude that could cost this woman her life:

No, and Jessica doesn't care. She is merely making up the facts to fit her narrative. How despicable can one human be?

I don't know about everyone else, but when I have planned a plane flight, its not as easy as "avoiding the flight". Its money down the drain that I will never get back, and to me, its a lot of money. So if my employer and the CDC says "nah man, you're ok", I'm going to trust them. I'm not saying that anyone's…

OK. She should not have flown, this was a failure on the part of the CDC in a humiliating and frightening fashion. Hindsight 20/20 and all that. But some of this is just blatantly contradicting the facts.

Of course they are, and the author of this nonsense is leading the charge. I am absolutely furious that Jezebel/Kinja would give voice to this kind of pot-stirring half-ass reporting.

Well, in light of the reports that nurses who cared for Duncan were also instructed by their employer to continue to care for other patients in the hospital, it's easy to understand why she thought it was fine to fly.

You are not infectious while you are incubating the virus but you aren't experiencing the symptoms - it's only when you become ill that the virus is transmitted. So it's not as bad a situation as you are painting. I feel sorry for her over and above her illness because people are basically accusing her of being…

"So Vinson didn't know she was definitively ill when she headed to Cleveland, nor did she know for sure that there was a problem when she was given the go-ahead from the CDC. Fine. But she knew she was at risk of contracting Ebola from the second she first laid eyes on Duncan, and as a medical professional she knew…

I think the hospital and CDC protocols failed here. I am not willing to blame this woman, who very well could have a death sentence. We keep hearing how difficult it is to get Ebola because it's not airborne. We keep hearing that the media is fear-mongering.

Yeah, the Nerdlet goes to daycare at my husband's hospital, where he goes to visit him in between cases. Nice for Dr. Mister Yoga Nerd, sad for me :(

Right? As a pediatrician, my least favorite is when they claim that list includes being a "nurse" or a "pediatrician." No, you're not. It took us a lot of time and money and licensing to get those degrees. Putting a bandaid on a cut =/= health professional. STFU.

I am beyond sick and tired of hearing SAHMs complain about their long resume of "chef, maid, chauffeur and bookkeeper all rolled into one!"