Patient in NYC Tests Positive for Ebola

[magical thyme]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/nyregion/craig-spencer-is-tested-for-ebola-virus-at-bellevue-hospital-in-new-york-city.html
A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the Ebola virus Thursday, becoming the city’s first diagnosed case.

The doctor, Craig Spencer, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital on Thursday and placed in isolation while health care workers spread out across the city to trace anyone he might have come into contact with in recent days. A further test will be conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control to confirm the initial test.

While officials have said they expected isolated cases of the disease to arrive in New York eventually, and had been preparing for this moment for months, the first case highlighted the challenges surrounding containment of the virus, especially in a crowded metropolis.

Even as the authorities worked to confirm that Mr. Spencer was infected with Ebola, it emerged that he traveled from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the subway on Wednesday night, when he went to a bowling alley and then took a taxi home.

[Cha]

1. Oh damn.. so it can only be spread through contact with fluids.. one would think the Dr would

know if that were a possibility when he treated Ebola patients in Guinea.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. I thought only panic ninnies and right-wingers worried about ebola?

Hmmm, gee, someone symptomatic with ebola running around Manhattan... what could go wrong?

[yawnmaster]

3. Likely nothing. eom

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Yes, let's hope.

[bigwillq]

4. This Doctor should have put himself into voluntary isolation.

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I didn't read the entire article so not sure if he tried, or did for a few days, and thought he was in the clear, but if you were treating patients with EBOLA, I feel voluntary isolation is the right thing to do.

[HereSince1628]

6. Ever get a wet popcorn kernal when multiple people fed out of a common bowl?

When I think of all the snack sharing, etc. during my experiences with bowling...

whoa. creepy. way creepy

[Takket]

7. Why was he not immediately isolated?

For that matter why was he even on a public flight? No kne actively treating Ebola patients should be mixing with the public for at least a month after finishing.

[bigwillq]

8. These are questions that need to be answered.

This Doctor needs to be held accountable for what seems like some poor choices.

[yawnmaster]

9. He should be accountable to each one he infected. Which is likely none. eom

[bigwillq]

10. Yes, very likely none.

I posted some things about the Doctor before I read more information about his situation.
Don't think he will turn out to be much of a threat to anyone, which is great. I wish him the best in his recovery.