Let’s just say that NBC News’ chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman didn’t do much for our confidence in TV doctors when she broke self-quarantine for Ebola to go to a restaurant to pick up a takeout order. Tonight, ABC News’ chief medical editor is weighing in on the case of a doctor in New York City who has tested positive for Ebola, and his professional medical opinion is that Doctors Without Borders physician Dr. Craig Spencer is a hero.
Dr. Craig Spencer is hero. He was helping to care for #Ebola patients in Guinea. When he got fever he contacted @MSF_USA + was isolated.
— Rich Besser (@DrRichBesser) October 24, 2014
Yes, he was isolated: except for when he was on the subway and at a bowling alley and in a cab — two days after reportedly feeling “sluggish.”
@DrRichardBesser that's not true. He was feeling sick on Tues, went bowling, etc. via the NYT. pic.twitter.com/57cQA27nva
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) October 24, 2014
@DrRichardBesser rode subway after feeling weak th day b4. poor @MSF_USA quarantine system. i hope he's sued.
— Agentsmith212 (@Agentsmith212) October 24, 2014
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We’ll remind CNN’s chief national security correspondent Jim Sciutto that it’s OK for a journalist to ask questions.
I have to ask: why didn't a doctor returning to US from treating #Ebola victims in the hot zone not self-quarantine?
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 24, 2014
@jimsciutto God complex?
— Perennial Immigrant (@jaxjacobsen) October 24, 2014
@jimsciutto The answer is hubris. Just like doc Snyderman.
— Małgorzata (@krakowmaggie) October 24, 2014
@jimsciutto
Agree on the hubris….or he got permission from Miss Synderman. #Ebola— Lindylou ? (@yellows_rock) October 24, 2014
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