As of October 25, health care workers returning to New York after assisting Ebola patients in West Africa must be quarantined for 21 days. When the quarantine policy was announced, NY Governor Cuomo said "It's too serious a situation to leave [avoiding contact with others] to the honor system of compliance." But critics of the quarantine policy "worry that the new rules will discourage health care workers from volunteering to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa." Is the quarantine the optimal policy? Reference both statements above and use economic concepts in your answer