--- title: Ebola: 71% Back Mandatory Quarantines for Health Workers in New Poll description: More than seven in 10 Americans support mandatory quarantines for health professionals who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, even if they have no... canonical: https://time.com/3554336/ebola-poll-quarantine-health-workers/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-03T13:39:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:10:40.535Z article:section: Health og:title: Poll: 71% Back Mandatory Quarantines for Ebola Health Workers og:description: More than seven in 10 Americans support mandatory quarantines for health professionals who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, even if they have no... og:url: https://time.com/3554336/ebola-poll-quarantine-health-workers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31188d88fb8b3512/698763d8524fc0274edea2e5/ebola-quarantine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: LIBERIA-HEALTH-EBOLA-LIBERIA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: 71% Back Mandatory Quarantines for Ebola Health Workers twitter:description: More than seven in 10 Americans support mandatory quarantines for health professionals who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, even if they have no... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31188d88fb8b3512/698763d8524fc0274edea2e5/ebola-quarantine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Poll: 71% Back Mandatory Quarantines for Ebola Health Workers by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Nov 3, 2014 1:39 PM UTC  Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) stand outside an Ebola treatment center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders -- MSF) in Monrovia, Liberia on Oct. 27, 2014. Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) stand outside an Ebola treatment center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders -- MSF) in Monrovia, Liberia on Oct. 27, 2014.Zoom Dosso—AFP/Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Nov 3, 2014 1:39 PM UTC More than seven in 10 Americans support mandatory quarantines for health professionals who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, even if they have no symptoms, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The survey shows that 71 percent of those surveyed say the health workers should be subject to a 21-day quarantine, while 24 percent disagree. The question of mandatory quarantines exploded into the public debate after nurse Kaci Hickox battled with the governors of New Jersey and Maine over the mandated isolation, arguing that she has exhibited no symptoms and tested negative for the virus. Those… [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/nbc-wsj-poll-71-back-mandatory-quarantines-ebola-health-workers-n239576?cid=par-time%5F20140508) Ebola: 71% Back Mandatory Quarantines for Health Workers in New Poll ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3554336/ebola-poll-quarantine-health-workers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3554336/ebola-poll-quarantine-health-workers/"},"headline":"Poll: 71% Back Mandatory Quarantines for Ebola Health Workers","datePublished":"2014-11-03T13:39:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:10:40.535Z","description":"More than seven in 10 Americans support mandatory quarantines for health professionals who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, even if they have no...","url":"https://time.com/3554336/ebola-poll-quarantine-health-workers/","keywords":["ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31188d88fb8b3512/698763d8524fc0274edea2e5/ebola-quarantine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt31188d88fb8b3512/698763d8524fc0274edea2e5/ebola-quarantine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"LIBERIA-HEALTH-EBOLA-LIBERIA","caption":"LIBERIA-HEALTH-EBOLA-LIBERIA","creditText":"Zoom Dosso—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3554336/ebola-poll-quarantine-health-workers/","name":"Poll: 71% Back Mandatory Quarantines for Ebola Health Workers"}}]}] ```