--- title: Kaci Hickox: "Stop Calling me the 'Ebola Nurse' — Now!" description: Health worker who objected to the conditions of her quarantine upon returning from west Africa pens op-ed objecting to new nickname canonical: https://time.com/3588930/kaci-hickox-ebola-nurse/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-17T13:46:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:28:28.319Z article:section: Health og:title: Kaci Hickox: "Stop Calling me the 'Ebola Nurse' — Now!" og:description: Health worker who objected to the conditions of her quarantine upon returning from west Africa pens op-ed objecting to new nickname og:url: https://time.com/3588930/kaci-hickox-ebola-nurse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb4acc9c3341fbf1/698768fc428a9e771bcc5650/458186340.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Maine Nurse Challenges Mandatory Quarantine Order og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kaci Hickox: "Stop Calling me the 'Ebola Nurse' — Now!" twitter:description: Health worker who objected to the conditions of her quarantine upon returning from west Africa pens op-ed objecting to new nickname twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb4acc9c3341fbf1/698768fc428a9e771bcc5650/458186340.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kaci Hickox: 'Stop Calling me the 'Ebola Nurse' — Now!' > Sponsored content. 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Spencer Platt—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Nov 17, 2014 1:46 PM UTC Kaci Hickox, the health worker who [objected](http://time.com/3575719/ebola-kaci-hickox-maine/) to the conditions of her quarantine upon returning from west Africa, is now [objecting](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/17/stop-calling-me-ebola-nurse-kaci-hickox) to being called “the Ebola Nurse” in a new op-ed that accuses state politicians of cynically manipulating public fears for political gain. “I _never had Ebola_,” Hickox [wrote](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/17/stop-calling-me-ebola-nurse-kaci-hickox) (original emphasis hers) in a Monday op-ed in the _Guardian_, “so please stop calling me “the [Ebola](http://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) Nurse” – now!” Hickox accused Governors Chris Christie and Paul LePage, of New Jersey and Maine respectively, of imposing “overzealous” quarantines and exaggerating the risks posed by asymptomatic health workers. 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