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MSNBCW NewsNation October 24, 2014

Zone. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said spencer did everything right. Youve been in west africa treating people treating, you know, value lantly treating patients with ebola. You come back into the country lets take the appropriate precautions and say we should isolate you for 21 days. If youre a doctor you know youre not contagious until youre symptomatic. This is a doctor who is taking his temperature twice a day. And obviously concluded that he was not symptom attic. We got word that nina pham, the dallas nurse infected with ebola is being released from the hospital today. Were awaiting a News Conference from the n ishs h. She was transported from the dallas hospital to maryland for treatment. We are at bellevue hospitals. One of the hospitals in the nation specially equipped to treat ebola patients. Reporter it is, tom ramron. Were told all accounts they were ready. Theyve were prepared. They have been talking about the possibility of getting a patient with ebola for the past few weeks. This is a hospital that was designated if someone was flagged during the screening. At jfk they would be brought here to this hospital. They were very ready. I spoke with a doctor who was working overnight last night. He said one thing that has changed is doctors have been told to stay in their units. He was told to stay in his area of the hospital. The isolation ward only the most essential personnel are coming in contact with dr. Spencer. Its one thing that has changed. Were seeing the investigation into where he went. We have the cdc Rapid Response team that is now working with city officials here trying to determine if they have all of his movements accounted for. Which subways he took, you know, he was in an uber cab. Theyre looking at his credit card statements and metro card. He was at the Bowling Alley. The Bowling Alley temporarily closed. We got a statement from them earlier today. They said we voluntarily decided to close the gutter yesterday evening as a precautionary measure while we gathered more information. Were working with the new York City Health department to have the bar cleaned and sanitized under their supervision and expect to be open sometime today after that is completed. Doctors are advising the Health Department have told us that staff and customers were at no risk. So the message from the Bowling Alley, the same thing that were hearing from new york city officials and from the cdc they dont expect any casual contact could have caused anyone to catch ebola from dr. Spencer. Right now we know, kristin, dr. Spencer told officials he didnt believe his protective gear had been breached while working in guinea. So the question, of course, remains how did he get it and what details can he share as hes recovering regarding not only his footsteps but what happened while he was there treating so many patients in that hot zone. Reporter yeah, absolutely. Thats another part of this information. They have been speaking with him. Hes been able to talk to them about you know what he was doing. What his experiences were. We know he came into this country. At that point he wasnt symptomatic at all. He went through the extra screening at jfk. He didnt have the fever at that point. Theyre trying to trace it back find out where the breach was. Where he might have been infected. If any of the other workers may have been infected at the same time. Theyre watching and speaking with those doctors as well. And then, of course, what we havent mentioned his fiance and two Close Friends he was with during the past week have also been isolated. Thank you so much. Joining me now in studio art kapl kaplan. Thank you for joining us. Lets look at some of the situation here. The New York Times talking about tracing possible contacts. City Health Officials were faced with the challenge of trying to find the right balance between trying to find everyone who might have been exposed and responding to a disease that is transmitted only through direct exposure to bodily fluids. I feel like theres such conflicting information in that. We know meaning the medical professionals. You know how ebola is transmitted. Through vomiting, diarrhea, bodily fluids. If dr. Spencer didnt show or have any of the symptoms why is it then necessary to look for people who were on subways . To notify his neighbors, to shut down a Bowling Alley . Public trust. If you didnt brush your teeth with him. Youre not going to get ebola. Its hard to get it. You have to have someone vomit on it. You have to have the bloods. Those are the means of transmission. It doesnt live on toilet seats. Its almost a Public Confidence boost. Would it make better sense instead of running around looking for contacts to have the hero doctors. Theyre heros when they come back isolate for 21 days at at location. I think so. Not because i think theyre infectious. I think it cements the public trust that nothing is going on here. We have an observation of instead of running around trying to find out what taxi he took or subway he took. When its clear if someone was in the taxi after him unless there was bodily fluids they wouldnt be exposed to ebola. Remember the gentleman who came from liberia, the only death out of the people. The nurse is coming out of care. Nina pham. Survival has been eight out of nine. Thats impressive. Should be calming, too. If you dont have fluid exchange youre not going get this. Im not worried about it. This patient is at my hospital. You brought up thomas eric duncan, even his fiance has been given the all clear and members of the family in intimate contact. Doctors without borders, 3288 staff in guinea alone. 23 staffers infected since march. Seven have recovered. Doctors without borders theyve been praised for so long. Even more so than the cdc regarding precautions that agency takes to ensure the safety of individuals around the Health Workers and the Health Workers. Back to the issue of not having a 21day quarantine period for doctors who return to their homes like new york city. Why wasnt that in place . I dont know why. I think the cdc habit is its not in infectious. Well just check to be sure by tracing all the contacts be u in a big city like new york thats too many people to trace, if you will, without spending a ton of money. Theyre not prisoners. We want to treat them well. Theyre heros. Remember, if they dont go, were going to be dealing with ebola forever. And thats the balance in convincing young men and women who are doctors to go over there and risk their lives and treat the thousands of others who are suffering with conditions far worse. Theyre going to shut the epidemic down and we want them to go there. If you have a travel ban or you lock them up like they were prisoners, you isolate them, put them in a nice environment. Make sure they get good food. Im for the isolation strategy. Ting makes the public calm. You dont panic i brushed up against the guy. I dont think thats going to make you sick but people get nervous. There was a House Oversight Committee Hearing taking place today. Its just happening now. I want to play a Heated Exchange with Elijah Cummings on the duty to help west africa. Lets play it. We can no longer ignore the crisis in west africa. We can no longer ignore it. The longer the outbreak continues, the more likely it will spread to the rest of the world including more cases right here in the United States of america. You know the World Health Organization said early on in this epidemic the outbreak of ebola that some of the mistakes would be made by Health Care Work eers with fatigue and treating and dealing with parents in conditions i could never imagine. With that said, though, looking back at the doctor and knowing that he was not feeling well. He went out on the job. And then later went to the public Bowling Alley. Do you believe there needs to be beyond the quarantine should medical personnel also be brought in to fully understand Public Confidence. Theres a lot going on here. Even though they are doctors and he was selfmonitoring that what some see as arrogance, ill be honest with you, has to be dealt with . I think theres two kinds of viruss circulating now. One is ebola. When which i dont think is a big danger to us. Well get more cases and well manage them. I can tell you at bellevue that my hospital staff. They know what theyre doing. The over virus is fear. Fear is circulating all over the place. What im suggesting is cdc manages right now for the first virus and theyre not worried and infectivity. They have to manage for the second one. Thats why the case for isolation, looking like youre going to do every possible thing is important. Because you dont want people to panic. And, you know, we talk about ebola all day long with one death. And we dont want to, again, let people go away with the feeling that these doctors are not heros who go over to west africa. When so many say no they say yes. Those cops and firemen who ran down to the world trade center. The doctors are basically running to a disaster zone risking their lives. We have to treat them well. Thank you so much. Our knicks next story in washington. Nurses and officials are demanding steps those on the front line are protected against the virus. They held a News Conference this morning. Just before the House Committee i referred to began. The hearing on the federal governments response to the outbreak here in this country. Todays Washington Post quotes one nurse saying. We certainly should note none of the nurses who contracted ebola in the United States have died. Nina pham is on her way home to be with her family. Amber vinson is on the mend as well. With me is jane ross. Copresident of the nurses union. Her colleague is testifying now at the Ebola Response hearing on the hill. Thank you for joining us. Youre welcome. Weve talked a lot about what went wrong in texas. And now you see the response in new york. The governor of new york saying this is how its supposed to work. The response and the cdc s. W. A. T. Team, for a lack of a better description, on the ground now. An ebola czar coordinating all the forces. Will you more confident today with the new cause than when the news first broke. Certainly more so than what happened in dallas happened. However, we are understanding that bellevue has been a lot of training. They have been working at for weeks if not over a month. That makes me feel better. Its one hospital. I could point out that hospital happens to be in the public sector. We keep decreasing funding for the public facilities that has me worried. As far as the cdc guidelines coming out and being what they consider improved we have reservati reservations. Were glad to see the protection making sure all the skin is covered. And we are glad about the buddy system and the staffing. Its like a suggestion left open to the private hospitals. It worries us. Thats why we have our petition online, still, at nationalnursesunited. Org to give us a uniform, national optimal standard that is mandatory for every hospital in this country. As i understand, the National Nurses union recently took a survey 84 say of the nurses their hospital is still not holding the essential interactive Training Programs and more than a third say inadequate supplies of protective gear. Was that taken before the two nurses contracted ebola . Is it a recent figure 84 . We keep updating our numbers. It started before the nurses in dallas were infected. We have now over 3,000 responses. 900 hospitals in every state plus d. C. And the virgin islands. So this is not unique to one area. Im sure the numbers will come up in the hearing today. We greatly appreciate you joining us today as we follow the breaking news with another case here in the United States. Thank you. As reported were awaiting a News Conference from new york city mayor hoping to get an update on the first patient in ne new york city. Well bring you the News Conferences as soon as they begin. Also ahead. 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We have learned through the current investigation that this individual has been in ottawa since at least october 2nd, 2014. That he was in town to deal with a passport issue. Also, that he was hoping to leave for syria. The man Officials Say is michael zehafbibea. A recent convert to islam. With plans to travel to syria, a hot bed of isis terror activity. Officials believe that the delay in his passport due to a background check may have prompted the tragic shooting wednesday. The gunman is seen here minutes after killing a canadian soldier with a hunting rifle. He hijacks a car. Hes seen heading for are the canadian parliament. People scattered a as he gets up and come deers a second car heading for the front door. Wh once inside he continues firing until being killed in a shoot out with police. Credited with killing him is kevin vickers. The canadian government saying it arefused to allow a terrorist to interrupt the work reconvened celebrating vickers as a hero. Yesterday he was there and he did what he had to do. Were just tremendously relieved that hes fine. Michael zehafbibea had a criminal record and some say he once asked to be sent to jail to overcome an addiction to crack cocaine. He had been living in a homeless shelter. His conversion to islam took place on the other side of the country at the British Columbia lodge. His mother who had not seen him in years denounced his actions saying, im mad at my son. I dont understand. And part of me wants to hate him at this time. At canadas war memorial they came to lay flowers and pay tribute to nathan cirillo. Two friends wait ed for their master to come home at cirillos home. The the young man he shot in the back is expected to be buried sometime next week. Here in new york authorities are trying to determine whether a frightening attack on a group of new York Police Officers in uniform was terror related. It happened yesterday in broad daiy daylight. A man with a hatchet injured two Police Officers. It was caught on camera. The latest. Security video records the moment a man in a hooded Court Charges across the sidewalk raising a hatchet. Four rookie Police Officers were standing just out of frame. He swung at one of the officers with the hatchet striking his right arm. Afte

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