Fiancee, 2 friends quarantined
Spencer’s live in fiancée, Morgan Dixon, is quarantined at Bellevue Hospital. Two of Spencer’s friends voluntarily quarantine themselves in their homes. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo:
We are as ready as one can be for this circumstance.
Tracing steps in New York City
Health and New York City officials are tracing the steps of Spencer, who travelled the city for three days before being diagnosed with the Ebola virus. They determine Spencer rode the subway, rode in a taxi and visited ‘The Gutter’, a Williamsburg bowling alley. The Gutter, shuttered after hearing the news, issues the statement:
We’ve been in constant contact with the Health Department and they have determined that there was no risk to our customers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio:
Being on the same subway car or living near someone with Ebola does not in itself put someone at risk.
Tests postive
Spencer tests positive for the virus at Bellevue Hospital. Spencer recently returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa. He is the fourth confirmed case in the U.S. and the first in the city. He is being treated in a special isolation ward. City officials say the doctor’s symptoms developed Wednesday, prompting him to isolate himself in his apartment.
The CDC has dispatched an Ebola response team to New York, and the city’s disease detectives have been tracing the doctor’s contacts to identify anyone who may be at risk. His Harlem apartment has been cordoned off, and his fiance, who is not showing symptoms, is being watched in a quarantine ward at Bellevue.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said proper protocols were followed every step of the way and it didn’t appear the doctor had been showing symptoms for very long.
The patient is in good shape and has gone into a great deal of detail with our personnel as to his actions the last few days so we have a lot to work with. We have a patient who has been very communicative and precise and who has only been back a very short time and has been quite clear about individuals he had close contact with.
Uber driver among four being monitored
New York state officials are monitoring four people who had contact with Spencer. His fiancee and two friends are healthy but have been quarantined. The fourth person is who is in contact with the state is the driver of an Uber car that Spencer took when he bowling Wednesday night in Williamsburg. The driver had no direct contact with Spencer, and is not believed to be in any danger.
Tests positive for Ebola
Spencer tests positive for the Ebola virus at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Spencer is the only diagnosed case in New York City, the fourth case diagnosed in the United States. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio:
There is no reason for New Yorkers to be alarmed. New Yorkers who have not been exposed to an infected person’s bodily fluids are not at all at risk.
Goes to hospital with fever
Spencer is rushed to Bellevue Hospital in New York City with Ebola-like symptoms. Spencer tells authorities he began to feel sluggish on Tuesday but did not develop a fever until this morning. At 11 a.m., the doctor found that he had a 103-degree temperature and alerts the staff of Doctors Without Borders, who calls the New York health department, which in turn called the Fire Department. Emergency medical workers, wearing full personal protective gear, rush to Spencer’s apartment, on West 147th Street, and he is transported to Bellevue and arrived shortly after 1 p.m. He is placed in a special isolation unit and is being seen by the pre-designated medical critical care team. They are in personal protective equipment with undergarment air ventilation systems. Health Department:
After consulting with the hospital and the CDC, DOHMH has decided to conduct a test for the Ebola virus because of this patient’s recent travel history, pattern of symptoms, and past work.
Visits Highline, goes bowling
0 CommentsSpencer visits the High Line in Manhattan, a park built above the streets on a section of an old elevated train line. He takes the A subway line and the L line as he crosses the East River to Brooklyn. In the evening he attends a bowling party, where he bowls with friends at a vintage alley called The Gutter in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. At some point, Spencer takes a ride in an Uber car.
Returns from Guinea
0 CommentsReturns from Guinea to his home in Harlem.
Finishes work in Guinea
0 CommentsSpencer finishes his work treating patients in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders.
Travels to Guinea
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Spencer departs Brussels, bound for Guinea. He posts a photo on Facebook of himself in his new hazmat suit.
Off to Guinea with Doctors Without Borders. Please support organizations that are sending support or personnel to West Africa, and help combat one of the worst public health and humanitarian disasters in recent history.
Master of Public Health
0 CommentsSpencer graduates from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a Master of Public Health (MPH), Forced Migration and Health.
Fellow of International Emergency Medicine
0 CommentsSpencer becomes a Fellow of International Emergency Medicine at Columbia University – New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Becomes a doctor
0 CommentsSpencer graduates Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Wayne State University School of Medicine, in Detroit.