Dr. Craig Spencer was working with Doctors Without Borders treating Ebola victims in West Africa. He traveled from that location and arrived at JFK airport in New York on October 17th. While here, it was revealed that the doctor checked his temperature twice a day but found no evidence of ebola until today, October 23rd, when his temperature rose to 103 degrees.
According to information disclosed during a press conference, Dr. Craig Spencer had no signs of Ebola for the days between October 17th to October 23rd. During those days, the doctor went to The Gutter Bowling Alley in Brooklyn New York. That Bowling Alley is now reportedly shut down since news broke that Dr. Spencer was there. Spencer also went jogging, rode the A train, the L train and the 1 train.
When Dr. Spencer started feeling the first symptoms of the disease today, he called his employer and was then immediately transported to Bellevue Hospital where he is now in isolation. His fiance and two other friends who came in close contact with him are also in isolation for the 21 days period.
Dr. Spencer is being held in an isloated section of Bellevue Hospital and according to information provided at the press conference, Bellevue is 1 of 8 other hospitals in New York especially capable of handling ebola cases. New Yorkers are asked to carry on their days as normal. According to Mayor DeBlasio, if you are not exposed the bodily fluids of an ebola patient, “you are not at risk!”
