NEW YORK, Feb 21 ― When Esther Tebeka, one of more than 1,000 Americans evacuated from China due to the coronavirus outbreak, ended her 14-day quarantine with no signs of the disease, she thought she could get on with her life. Instead, she has had people refuse to come near her or cover their...
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Instead, she has had people refuse to come near her or cover their faces with surgical masks due to unfounded fears that she is a coronavirus carrier ― making her one of a growing number of Americans who report being shunned or shamed after quarantine. Health officials say Americans undergoing daily testing, observation and health precautions of quarantine are among the least likely to transmit the virus. Yet these people are being outed by neighbors, ostracized online and alienated by friends.
They avoided close contact with people for two weeks after they returned from visiting family in Guangzhou, China, over 500 miles south of Wuhan.“People were already panicked, then they made up this rumor and spread it, telling us not to even live in the community,” said Deng, 45, a Santa Rosa, California, acupuncturist.
Other than evacuated passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, there are only 15 US cases of coronavirus ― just two from person-to-person transmission after return ― and no deaths. Kam studied Ebola and Zika outbreaks and found people's fear of the diseases outweighed concerns over who might carry them.
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