Nurse defies Ebola quarantine in Maine

By ROBERT F. BUKATY, Associated Press

Oct 30, 2014 8:08 AM CDT

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Nurse defies Ebola quarantine in Maine — This undated image provided by University of Texas at Arlington shows Kaci Hickox. In a Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 telephone interview with CNN, Hickox, the nurse quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa, said the process of keeping her isolated is "inhumane."... (Associated Press)

FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — A nurse who promised to defy Maine's quarantine for health care workers who've treated Ebola patients has left her home again.

Kaci Hickox, who stepped outside to meet briefly with reporters Wednesday night, followed through with her promise by leaving her home Thursday.

She and her boyfriend left their home for a bike ride. Police were following her and monitoring her but couldn't' detain her without a court order signed by a judge.

Hickox contends there's no need for quarantine because she's showing no symptoms.

State officials were going to court in an effort to detain Hickox for the remainder of the 21-day incubation period for Ebola that ends on Nov. 10.

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