The best

way to
protect us is
to stop the
epidemic in
Africa.
ANTHONY FAUCI
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
T
he gulf between politicians and scientists over
Ebola is widening as the nations top infectious-dis-
ease expert warned that mandatory quarantining
of medical workers returning from West Africa is
unnecessary, while Gov. Chris Christie contended
its needed to protect the public.
The best way to protect us is to stop the epidemic in Afri-
ca, and we need those health care workers, so we do not want
to put them in a position where it makes it very, very uncom-
fortable for them to even volunteer to go, Dr. Anthony Fauci,
director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, said Sunday.
Meanwhile, Kaci Hickox, the first nurse forcibly quaran-
tined in New Jersey under the states new policy, said in a
IS N.J. EBOLA
QUARANTINE
NEEDED?
Gov. Christie, national infectious-disease expert at odds
See EBOLA, Page A7
Nurse Kaci
Hickox, who is
quarantined at
University
Hospital in
Newark after
having had
contact with
Ebola patients in
West Africa.
Hickox called her
isolation
inhumane.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
I dont
believe ...
that we can
count on a
voluntary
system.
GOV. CHRIS
CHRISTIE
ON THE N.J.-N.Y.
QUARANTINE POLICY
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MONDAY 10.27.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 257
SINCE 1879
ADVICE C4
CLASSIFIED C6
COMICS C5
LOCAL A3
LOTTERIES A2
OBITUARIES A9
OPINION A11
SPORTS D1
WEATHER D12
YOUR MONEY A8
ROUGHED
UP
Jets suffer 7th
straight loss
In Sports
If you or a family member needs autism therapy, in-
fertility treatments or bariatric surgery, youre in luck
if you live in New Jersey.
The state requires health insurance plans to cover
all of those services, unlike many other states. Overall,
according to a new study by researchers at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, New Jerseys basic plans are
among the most comprehensive in the U.S.
Why it matters
The Affordable Care Act requires health plans to in-
clude a package of 10 essential health benefits. But
How do New
Jerseys
health plans
stack up?
Most states arent as
comprehensive, study says
SHANNON MULLEN @MULLENAPP
See PLANS, Page A4
WEST LONG BRANCH The tombstone
is small, maybe a forearms length by a
hands width. It sits in obscurity in the
front right corner of a family plot, deep
in the heart of the Old First Methodist
Cemetery.
The inscription is short and sweet:
Dan Rice
1823-1900
There is no epitaph, not a clue about who this man
was and what he did. A small American flag is planted in
the ground to the stones right.
Here lies one of the most famous Americans of the
19th century.
Thats it, said Arthur Green, West Long Branch his-
torian and the unofficial caretaker of the 205-year-old
Dan Rice: Legend
is remembered in
W. Long Branch
TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Dan Rice was a famed circus performer in the mid-1800s, with
family ties to Long Branch. Rice memorabilia at Old First
Museum in West Long Branch includes this portrait.
See RICE, Page A7
JERRY CARINO CARINOS CORNER
WHAT A MCCONNELL WIN WOULD MEAN FOR THE GOP EVERYWHERE PAGE 1B