Dr. Christie defended his quarantine plan against critics, noting that unorthodox procedures in medicine often face opposition at first.
De Blasio, who was not consulted on the state quarantine plans, said on Sunday that Hickox was a "hero" who had been mistreated by New Jersey.
The mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, told reporters on Saturday that Cuomo had not informed city officials before announcing the new quarantine plans.
Hickox was a spoiled traveler who was upset at being "inconvenienced," and in time would realize how wise he'd been; the federal government only said that his initial quarantine plan was off target "because they don't want to admit that we were right and they were wrong".
He said Gov. Andrew Cuomo had not notified him of the quarantine plan, which Cuomo announced Friday evening at a news conference with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Before this exercise, quarantine plans in San Diego County were in their formative stages.
A fourth lesson is to use exercises to help develop quarantine plans, not only to test them.
The United States also has not developed comprehensive quarantine plans, trained staff, or conducted quarantine exercises in local communities, despite recently issued federal quarantine guidelines.
