Ebola Dolls?

Links:

http://www.herobuilders.com/pop+culture+action+figures.htm

http://jezebel.com/great-someone-made-an-ebola-nurse-doll-1659489805

http://jezebel.com/nurse-kaci-hickox-still-wont-take-no-quarantine-goes-f-1652787968


A custom action figurine/doll maker has designed a Case-E Ebola Nurse Action figurine. Jezebel, a well known website that I read and in equal amounts enjoy and hate, wrote an article criticizing the manufacture of action figurine and also linking to an article they wrote in support of nurse Kaci Hickox (bike riding Ebola free nurse from Maine). I found both articles fascinating-- on one hand, should we be disgusted or mildly amused with the figurine? Or, just ignore it? The figurine, which comes with a certificate stating that the doll is "100% EBOLA FREE DOLL"
, bears close resemblance to Ms. Hickox. Is this a case where any publicity is good publicity? Does it harm public perception of Ebola and the severity and need for intervention? The writer(s) at Jezebel would argue that it is just sleazy. The author remarks "so you see they just had to jump in and find a way to exploit the story to make some money. Their hands were tied, OK?". While this seems like an issue of low importance (which it is), I still find the whole thing interesting because we live in such strange times. Oh well, on to talking about Kaci Hickox.

Ms. Hickox is the nurse in Maine that came back from treating Ebola patients overseas and was asked to keep a quarantine in her home until the end of the 21 day symptom period. If you followed the news coverage (which I barely did), you know that at one point she decided to go for a bike ride with her significant other. This resulted in news media and police following her entire trip. In the comments section on a Jezebel article on the nurse, a commenter asks:

100s of nurses and doctors in the US have treated Ebola patients here, but we aren't quarantining them, right? I read that at least 70 health care providers will come in contact with Dr. Craig Spencer. They aren't being asked to stay in their homes for 21 days. Is ebola only scary when it comes directly from Africa? Or are we really worried that Africa itself is contagious?

 This is such a provocative question! Were these health care providers subject to the same scrutiny and the threat of quarantine? What is different about Ms. Hickox situation? I personally don't see the issue with being careful and respecting the quarantine-- it sounds like a good time to catch up on Netflix and sleep! Does it really add to public misconception of Ebola? Or, to put it another way, what does this add to any public misconception of the disease beyond any misunderstanding people would already have?  Other interesting comments on the same article:

YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE BASED ON WHAT YOU FEAR MIGHT HAPPEN, YOU NEED TO BASE POLICY ON ACTUAL FACTS

And, as a corollary, this:

Going against scientific evidence only perpetuates fear and makes it harder to actually work on curing the damn disease.

Do you agree with these sentiments?