A Connecticut company has created an Ebola Nurse action figure with a striking resemblance to the Maine nurse who garnered national attention when she refused to be quarantined.Herobuilders insists the doll, which is named Case-E, was not modeled after Kaci Hickox who returned from West Africa where she was treating Ebola patients and became embattled in a controversy over whether she should be quarantined for 21 days.America's Ebola patientsWhen she returned to the United States, health officials in New Jersey said she had a temperature and she was put into a quarantine tent. When Hickox tested negative for Ebola, she returned to Fort Kent, Maine where her boyfriend lives.The state of Maine wanted Hickox to remain quarantined in her home for 21 days. However, Maine judge rejected the quarantine but said Hickox must submit to monitoring by the Maine Center for Disease Control. That monitoring ended on Tuesday when the 21-day incubation period was up.Herobuilders is advertising the Case-E Ebola Nurse action figure for $29.95 on its website. The doll comes with certificate that the doll is 100 percent Ebola-free.The company makes dolls featuring prominent or famous people.

A Connecticut company has created an Ebola Nurse action figure with a striking resemblance to the Maine nurse who garnered national attention when she refused to be quarantined.

Herobuilders insists the doll, which is named Case-E, was not modeled after Kaci Hickox who returned from West Africa where she was treating Ebola patients and became embattled in a controversy over whether she should be quarantined for 21 days.

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When she returned to the United States, health officials in New Jersey said she had a temperature and she was put into a quarantine tent. When Hickox tested negative for Ebola, she returned to Fort Kent, Maine where her boyfriend lives.



The state of Maine wanted Hickox to remain quarantined in her home for 21 days. However, Maine judge rejected the quarantine but said Hickox must submit to monitoring by the Maine Center for Disease Control. That monitoring ended on Tuesday when the 21-day incubation period was up.



Herobuilders is advertising the Case-E Ebola Nurse action figure for $29.95 on its website. The doll comes with certificate that the doll is 100 percent Ebola-free.



The company makes dolls featuring prominent or famous people.