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Continued from previous page imity," Pulvermacher said. are likely to continue.
"Everyone working there Dr. Robert Murphy, execu- Americans must under-
was confused and frustrat- tive director of Institute for stand that there is no need
ed, and there were hands Global Health at Northwest- to rush back from Europe,
were tied, too." ern University, said he was he said, but "when people
Even though she showed "appalled" by what he saw see a travel ban, they im-
no signs of being sick, she Saturday at nearby O'Hare. mediately want to hunker
now plans to quarantine "If they weren't exposed and get home."
herself on the organic pro- to COVID-19 before, they "Hopefully we don't have
duce farm she runs in No- probably are now. From a more of that, but I think
blesville, Indiana. public health perspective, we probably unfortunately
Elizabeth Pulvermacher, a this is malpractice," Murphy will," he said.
University of Wisconsin stu- said in a statement. "The Travelers from restricted
dent, arrived Saturday at lack of preparation and countries in Europe, China
O'Hare from Madrid, where concern is unfathomable. and Iran are being advised
she had been studying. The This is not 'poor planning.' to self-quarantine for 14
customs process made her This is 'no planning.'" days after reaching their
feel "unsafe," she said. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the gov- final destination in the U.S. In this Saturday, March 14, 2020 photo provided by Elizabeth Pul-
vermacher travelers returning from Madrid wait in a coronavirus
"The whole idea is getting ernment's top infectious The worldwide outbreak screening line at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
rid of the spread of coro- disease expert, said on "Fox has sickened more than Associated Press
navirus, but there were News Sunday" that the air- 156,000 people and left
hundreds and hundreds of port crowds could spread more than 5,800 dead, with confirmed each day. The States climbed to 61, while
people in very close prox- the disease, but that they thousands of new cases death toll in the United infections neared 3,000.q