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Poll: New Yorkers Support Mandatory Ebola Quarantines – WSJ

New Yorkers overwhelmingly support a 21-day quarantine for individuals who have come into contact with an Ebola patient, regardless of whether they are symptomatic, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC 4 New York/Marist College poll.

Eighty-two percent said they support such a quarantine, according to the poll, responding to a question that didn’t distinguish between people traveling from Ebola-stricken countries and individuals in New York—for example, hospital workers—who may have come into contact with the disease.

The survey represents some of the freshest evidence that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was reflective of public sentiment on Ebola last week when he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced mandatory quarantines for health-care workers and others traveling from African nations stricken by the disease.