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Ebola in NYC?
Topic Started: Oct 23 2014, 04:33 PM (185 Views)
George K
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A Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned from West Africa is at a New York hospital for isolation and testing for the Ebola virus, authorities said.

The 33-year-old physician, employed at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, developed a fever, nausea, pain and fatigue Wednesday night, a law enforcement official briefed on the matter told CNN. On Thursday morning, he was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for testing.

The doctor, who returned from West Africa about 10 days ago, has been identified as Craig Spencer, according to law enforcement officials.

At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to allay public concerns about the spread of the deadly virus, saying that "careful protocols were followed every step of the way" in the city's handling of the case. The doctor has "worked closely" with health officials, the mayor said.

The doctor exhibited symptoms of the Ebola virus for "a very brief period of time" and had direct contact with "very few people" in New York, de Blasio told reporters.

"The important thing to remember here is, until we have full information, we can't draw conclusions," de Blasio said. "So we want to be careful not to make assumptions until all the testing is done."
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Stuck in the subway no doubt.
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George K
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Copper
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City officials say Spencer acknowledged riding the subway and taking a cab to a Brooklyn bowling alley in the past week before he started showing symptoms.


No big deal, just shutdown the subway, taxis and the bowling alley.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Jolly
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NYC still has people riding the subway?
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George K
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jon-nyc
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He was feeling 'sluggish' on Tuesday but apparently didn't develop a fever until Thursday. The subway rides were Wednesday. I wouldn't think there's much risk of infection.

Of course there's plenty of risk that anyone who rode the A or L on Wednesday will freak out if they develop a fever for any reason.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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