Where does the truth lie?

"New Yorkers should not be alarmed about contracting the disease"

Craig Spencer (right)  pictured with his fiancee Morgan Dixon (left)

There's been a development in the case of Dr. Craig Spencer of Columbia University, who has tested positive for the Ebola virus in New York after volunteering as a part of Doctors Without Borders in Guinea. It's been revealed that Spencer visited a few locations around the city including the High Line park, a Greenwich Village restaurant in lower Manhattan, and a Brooklyn bowling alley. However, Mayor Bill de Blasio reassured the public that Spencer's trip around the city should not be a concern.

"There is no reason for New Yorkers to be alarmed," the mayor said at a news conference alongside Gov. Andrew Cuomo and medical officials. "We've been preparing for months for the threat of Ebola with clear and strong protocols that were scrupulously followed in this instance." Ebola is only spread through bodily fluids and not as easy to transmit as one might think. Heat kills it, it doesn't survive being dried out, and it doesn't travel through the air. Also, it doesn't appear to stick to surfaces very well. 

Furthermore, Ebola patients cannot infect others before they themselves show symptoms of the virus. Spencer only reported having symptoms the day after his city excursion and therefore the risk factor for the New York public is almost non-existent. Seeing as Ebola may not be spread through casual contact, New Yorkers may rest assured that they are not at risk of contracting the Ebola virus. The city health commissioner, Mary Travis Bassett, said that there was no danger to anyone in public places or on the transit system. He began feeling tired on Tuesday, but his first actual symptoms - a fever - didn't appear until Thursday between 10 and 11 a.m. ET, she said. 

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/29/new-york-city-doctor-with-ebola-reportedly-lied-about-his-movements-in-city.html