New York City cops leave Ebola doctor's apartment and dump their gloves and masks in a TRASH CAN

 

New York City police officers were sent to mark off Dr Craig Spencer's Harlem apartment building Dr Spencer is the first confirmed person in the city to be confirmed as having the infectious disease.
After the officers were done, they removed their protective gloves, masks and caution tape and dumped them in a public trash can on the street.
As a demonstration of how well-drilled New York City officials are in how to deal with Ebola, it left a lot to be desired.

Two New York City police officers who attended the Harlem apartment building of Dr 

Craig Spencer - the first confirmed Ebola case in the city - were observed afterward dumping their protective gear and caution tape in a garbage bin on the street.

While it was not immediately clear if the two officers had been inside Dr Spencer's apartment, the episode had many people asking if the equipment should not have been disposed of in a biohazard bag - even if only as a precaution.

Jitters spread through New York on Thursday after it was revealed Dr Spencer spent seven days in the city after returning from Africa with the Ebola virus in his bloodstream. 

On Tuesday, Dr Spencer described suffering from fatigue and exhaustion. He took the subway from his home in Harlem to popular tourist spot the High Line, a park created on a disused railway line in Chelsea.

He stopped at Blue Bottle Coffee stand and then had lunch at The Meatball Shop in Greenwich Village.

On Wednesday morning, the doctor went running for three miles on Riverside Drive and the Westside Highway in Manhattan. That evening, he took the subway to The Gutter bowling alley in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

He later took an Uber cab ride home to Harlem.

The doctor was not advised to quarantine himself for 21 days on his return to the U.S. but had been monitoring his temperature twice a day.

While officials say he had no symptoms at the time of these activities and was therefore almost surely not infectious, many New Yorkers are worried all the same.

Dr Spencer, whose case was confirmed Thursday evening, had been in Guinea this past September with Doctors With Borders, helping to treat patients infected with the virus. 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reminded the public in his press conference tonight that, 'Ebola is an extremely difficult disease to get,' then adding that, 'Every hospital in the city is prepared in the event other patients come forward.'

However, New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaking at the same press conference, said four people were potentially exposed to Dr. Spencer 'during the relevant period.' 

They are Dr Spencer's fiancee, two friends, and the driver of a taxi he rode in.

There was no word during the press conference as to how prepared police officers were to deal with the deadly virus.

See below for the time leading to Dr Spencer's diagnosis... 

 

TIMELINE: THE RUN-UP TO DR SPENCER'S EBOLA DIAGNOSIS

September 16: Dr Craig Spencer flew to Guinea to treat Ebola patients as a member of the French organization Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontiers)

October 14: Dr Spencer departed Guinea on a flight to Brussels. He reported no symptoms.

October 17: He boarded a flight to the U.S. on Brussels Airlines Flight SN0501. Reported no symptoms.

Arrived at JFK and was screened with no symptoms upon arrival.

October 21: At 7 AM, he reported fatigue and exhaustion. No fever, vomiting, diarrhea.

At around 3:00 PM, Dr Spencer visited The Meatball Shop for 40 minutes. The Meatball Shop is located at 64 Greenwich Avenue.

Around 4:30 PM, the he visited the High Line. Walked on High Line and stopped at the Blue Bottle Coffee stand (10th Ave & W 16th St)

At around 5:30 PM, he got off the High Line at 34th Street and took the 1 train to the 145th Street station.

October 22: At around 1:00 PM, Dr Spencer went running along Riverside Drive and Westside Highway.

Around 2:00 PM, he went to pick up Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm share at 143rd St and Amsterdam Avenue (Corbin Hill Farm) and picked up a box which he took to his apartment.

At around 5:30 PM, Dr Spencer left for The Gutter bowling alley in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with two friends. For his arrival at Gutter, he took the A train at 145th Street and transferred at 14th Street and took the L train to Bedford Avenue.

Around 8:30 PM, Dr Spencer left The Gutter. For his return trip, he used Uber as his means of transportation.

October 23: Around 10:15AM, he first reported a fever. At this point, he called Medecins Sans Frontieres and the New York City Health Department. He was immediately taken to Bellevue by FDNY EMS. 

--Source: Daily Mail