Already implemented mandatory ebola quarantine policies for Health Care Workers who arrive at their airports. Two other states will now require Health Monitoring but not everyone thinks the quarantines are the right plan of action. Dr. Anthony voucher is concerned that Health Care Workers who are eventual to curbing the spread of the virus will be discouraged from making the trip. I dont believe when youre dealing with something as serious as this that we can count on a voluntary system. This is governments job. If anything else the governments job is to protect the safety and health of our citizens. So we have taken this action and i absolutely have no second thoughts about it. This as the latest patient remains in an Isolation Unit at bell view hospital and we have learned that nancy rifle has donated blood plasma to spencer. It has only been a few days since those mandatory quarantines have been enacted. As we mentioned the white house. Let me turn to the white house in washington. How is the Obama Administration reacting to these state imposed quarantines . This is a real turning point for the white house in terms of getting criticism and reacting. You may remember with the ebola czar, they really responded in finally naming one. In terms of this we have been hearing from officials over the last few days we know that the white house is not looking favorably at new york and new jersey for imposing these new regulations and we did just get in a statement from a Senior Administration official. I want to read part of that statement to you. We have let the governors know that we have concerns with unintended policies. We have also let these states know that we are working on new guidelines while at the same time enabling us to continue to tackle this epidemic in west africa. I would also point out that Samantha Power said that she believes that these new regulations are haphazard and not well thought out and it will have the effect of discouraging Health Care Workers from traveling to west africa. The u. S. Is sending some 3,000 workers. And really we have heard from a number of high Level Administration officials that they would like to see other countries send Health Care Workers as well. Some say it is not necessary and some say it will just create new problems. Im concerned of the disincentive for the Health Care Workers its interesting. I think people lose us that the best way to protect us is to stop it in africa. One of the best ways to stop it in africa is to get Health Care Workers who are going through and helping them with their problem. They need to be treated in a way that does notes disinsent vise them. We do not have a vaccine. We do not have a cure. We only have treatment. One of the things to understand, a virus constantly trying to mu tate and vind a new host to live on. And as such, quarantine is the only thing that breaks the link. So three states have now imposed their own quarantine rules. Congressman, thanks for being here. Where do you stand on these quarantines . They are rash and inconsistent with what what Health Care Workers have been saying. I think will discourage people from going to the region to provide the Emergency Medical Services that are so necessary to try to contain this epidemic in west africa. We cannot insulate ourselves from this problem if it gets further out of control. Our representative, i hate to interrupt you. We need to hold on for a moment and listen in to a press conference just getting underway. Extraordinary Health Care Professionals here at Bellevue Hospitals. We met with doctors, nurses, and other employees who are doing an absolutely amazing job in this moment of crisis. As i have said before, this is a hospital that is no stranger to the very toughest situations, whether it was 9 11, hurricane sandy, the aids crisis of 20 years ago, this hospital has been the goto medical facility in new york city for decades. And the people here handle themselveses with that Battle Tested spirit and professionalism and strength that you would expect from people who have been part of the toughest situations. If there was a military analogy to be made, the people who work at bellevue are the marines of our Health Care System. They are extraordinarily tough, capable and only the finest get to be a part of this operation at Bellevue Hospital. We went to the isolation floor, the floor where dr. Spencer is now. We met with the medical team we met with the nurses. Each and every one of them. They believe it is their duty to take on the toughest assignment. I want to talk to you about what is going on around this country. Particularly our nurses. I want to talk about what some of the individual nurses have experienced here in the city in the last few days of people misunderstanding whats going on right now. Let me just dwell for a moment on the fact that we went to the floor that is now and the people who work there were calm and cool and collected. They were purposeful. I met people who have been providing care to dr. Spencer over the last few days. They had a purposeful attitude. Sober. Straightforwa straightforward. They understand what their duty is and they are only too proud to perform it. And we all need to honor them. We all need to respect them. The same way we respect soldiers who go into battle to protect us. The same way we respect First Responders, police officers, we need to respect our nurses, our doctors, our lab technicians. I remind you on thursday, when dr. Spencer called and said he had for the first time had a fever our office of emergency management, all of the different pieces have coordinated in an incredibly effective fashion and the care for dr. Spencer continues to be the finest in the world you will hear an update in a moment from dr. Spencer. Again, the medical personnel fighting this fight, particularly our nurses deserve our respect. We heard reports in the last few d days of nurses being mistreated in our city it became clear that they worked at bellevue. We heard reports of people being unwilling to serve food or treating children differently. That is absolutely unacceptable. We all have to hang together and we have to first respect or First Responders i will not accept anyone disrespecting our personnel. There will be consequences for those individuals. Anyone who has heard the nurse explain her situation in her proud, passionate, intelligent voice, knows that what happened to her is inappropriate. Each government has to make decisions. We understand that. State governments have a right to make decisions. This hero was treated with disrespect, was treated with a sense that she had done something wrong when she hadnt. Was not given a clear direction. We owe her better than that and all the People Better than that. We believe it is the finest Health Care System in the world. We have seen that on display here at bellevue here in the last days. We have been studying intensely. We watched as a group of them in a Conference Room were having, the Conference Call with medical experts from around the country contain and perfect their approach to treatment. We are working every day with our state and federal partners. We believe that is the word to use. We are all partners. We will treat them as such. Were not going to engage any sense of division it is absolutely a time when unity is necessary to fight this disease. We will continue constantly to communicate with our state and federal partners. I have to say it every day. There is no reason for new yorkers to be alarmed. This is a very difficult disease to contract. It is not airborne. It cannot be contracted through casual contact. As dr. Basset said a few days ago, all of the individuals quarantined in mr. Duncans house who had close contact with mr. Duncan, every single one of them left quarantine healthy. Any new yorker who has not been exposed to bodily fluids of someone with the disease cannot get sick and there is no reason for new yorkers to change their habits in anyway. If you look around the city the last few days on our web sates, streets, and restaurants, no one is changing their habits. New yorkers are strong, resilient, focused i think one of the reasons that has happened is because of the strong and clear voice a deep thank you for what shes done. Thank you, dr. Basset. We want to answer the question that all new yorkers are asking. What can they do . There are two things and only two things were advising. If an individual believes they meet the characteristics that could suggest that they have been exposed to the disease, they have been in one of the three affected countries in the last 21 days or been in close intimate contact with someone who was, and additionally they have a fever, those individuals should either call 911 immediately or go to an emergency room. No other options. Do not go to a private doctor. Do not see if it passes by. Immediately go to an emergency room if you are in that situation. And second, we have talked about the fact that the symptoms related to ebola can seem like symptoms related to the common flu. The less flu we have, the easier it will be for the medical system to focus on ebola. It is easy. Its available at doctors offices, clinics, many pharmacies. You can actually help our medical professionals to focus their attention on the challenge at hand by doing something as simple as getting a flu shot. A few words in spanish. [ speaking spanish ] we have been listening to new york city mayor talking about the crisis around the world. But the situation in new york city still being treated at Bellevue Hospital and he talked about how bellevue and doctors and nurses there, he called them the marines of the hospitals saying they are well prepared to handle the situation and they are doing so cool calm and collectedly. Elizabeth, what stoot out about what you heard . These doctors and nurses are taking risks and i think he is also saying that respect is due to them theyre defending us whether they are taking patients here or in africa. Theyre trying to put a stop to this outbreak. Only by putting a stop to this outbreak can we be protected. You mentioned that the restaurants they were being served and children were being bullied. We have another speaker right now. Lets break away from our conversation. He tolerated the Plasma Treatment well and he had a good nights sleep. Under the watchful eyes, well trained and professional team of icu nurses and professionals. On behalf of the patient, i thank all new yorkers for the prayers and well wishes. The family and expert team in bellevue are committed to do what we do best and we do the best for the brave caring doctor and we wish him all the best and bring him back to good health. I would very much like you to take this picture in your new statements. With that, thank you very much for the opportunity and thanks for the kind words. Late afternoon yesterday i had a tremendous honor. I spent about ten or 12 minutes on the phone with dr. Craig suspensor and i have to tell you it is always an honor to speak to a hero but to speak to someone who is fighting for his life who is energetic, focused and concerned for others, has a great sense of humor and quite a bit in evidence Late Afternoon yesterday, this is an incredibly noble human being. There have been misunderstandings and misstatements. This is someone who did what we would only wish any of us would do in a moment of crisis. He ran towards the danger. He went to where the need was greatest. To protect the nation. I express my attitude on behalf of the people in new york city. He is truly a hero. He is an incredibly humble human being and someone that i look forward to spending time with when he has made his recovery. With that i would like to turn to the chief medical officer for bellevue and express my great appreciation to him and all of his team for their professionalism and their effectiveness. Thank you for your kind words of support and for your presence here and support for the last three days. We have been preparing for this moment for months. Together with department of health and mental hygiene, we began preparing three months ago because the mayor asked us to, to be ready for the moment when a patient might possibly appear in the city with the ebola virus disease. We needed every bit of those three months to prepare. It was an enormous challenge to create a hospital within a hospital with all new procedures and policies, to train our staff from head to toe. To procure equipment and really with a fine tooth comb go over every single aspect so that we would be ready. We did this together with colleagues and to make those procedures work so that when a patient came, it would go smoothly. I am pleased to say that all that preparation paid off. Every step of the way everybody did exactly as they were supposed to. I havent identified a single misstep in any aspect of the care that has taken place. Im immensely impressed with our doctors, nurses, transporters, all the people have a job to play and are playing it exactly as it has been scripted. Based on things that we learn from other experts around the country in emery, nebraska, who i consider a gold standard. The care of the patient is under the direction of dr. Laura evans. She is experienced in Critical Care and as the mayor described, been consulting regularly with colleagues around the country with tremendous experience in the care of ebola patients. At emery, the cdc in nebraska, there is a daily Conference Call. And i have just been overwhelmed by the support that has come pouring in from these folks and elsewhere to move heaven and earth to deliver whatever care we need, experimental agents, whatever this patient needs. I think its fair to say that if any treatment is available in the world its available to our patient. He has had an opportunity to participate in Decision Making and choosing the options that are right for him. I am proud of our doctors, nurses. I want to end by saying we recognize, we see dr. Spencer as a hero working overseas but we also see the staff of the hospital, especially our nurses who are in the room all the time as heroes here in new york city. And i will echo the mayors words of wishing that the people of the city appreciate expressed appreciation for the work that the staff of our hospital and the agencies all through this city have been doing in the last three days to keep our city safer, our staff safe and our patients safe. Well said. Again, we have been listening into this press conference we just heard from a couple of doctors who have been involved in the care and treatment of dr. Craig spencer who is the ebola patient here in new york city. We heard that he tolerated the Plasma Treatment well. He also got a good nights sleep. I want to bring back Elizabeth Cohen to discuss more about what we heard who just said that if there is any treatment available that has been made available to dr. Spencer, he has been able to participate in deciding which treatment he gets. What more do we know about how he is moving forward in this care facility and in 4iz own treatment . Right. We have been told that he got that blood transfusion from nancy. Hopefully her antibodies will help dr. Spencer. We are told he is getting an antiviral medication. My guess is that it is an experimental medication. It could be one that several other patients have received. But really the most important thing, it is keeping him hydrated and keeping his ele electrolytes balanced. Adam is still with me as well. He is our congressman from california who we were speaking to before this press conference took place. We heard in that press conference from the new york city mayor that some of the nurses who are taking part in the treatment and care of dr. Spencer have been in many ways bullied and treated disrespectfully. Whats your reaction . I think the mayor is exactly right. These people should be celebrated for courage. We will need brave Health Care Professionals to go to africa. To stand up some of these units as our troops are doing and they should be welcomed home as heroes. They are really on the forefront of this fight and we should have nothing but admiration for them. Its so distressing to see the forced isolation of the health care prak tigs her and the way she has been treated. Im glad that the mayor called out her case in particular. I think its indicative of a reaction not based on science or professional opinion but a rash decision that will have negative repercussions in discouraging people from going to africa. Do you feel light tl might be a happy medium . Is there a safety procedure that the u. S. Or states could implement other than the mandatory quarantines that we are seeing taking place in new jersey, new york, and illinois . I think its certainly impossible to taylor make the procedure that in addition to the protocols where people take their temperature twice a day, in cases that may be higher risk, maybe we have professionals go and monitor them or make house calls on them. In cases where on the other hand, people have already been tested and tested negative and there is no reason to believe there has been any jeopardy then you dont need across the board quarantine like we see now in new jersey. I think moving to a protocol where we treat each patient differently, it makes a lot of sense that is consistent with science. I think that were overreacting without a lot of thought. And i think its going to harm our efforts. Congressman and elizabeth, thank you very much for joining me. 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