The New York based Doctor Craig Spencer was recently diagnosed with Ebola. He had just got back from Guinea where he was active in the Doctors Without Borders program. Dr. Spencer was aiding the Ebola contagion in Guinea, which is one of the countries with most ebola cases in the world. The doctor was quickly transported to Bellevue’s isolation unit after he developed symptoms of the virus.
After his return from Guinea, the doctor has been active in the community. He has taken trains, used the Uber car service and went bowling before he showed any symptoms. The sickness is most contagious when symptoms appear, so if you live in New York and plan on taking the subway, you shouldn’t be too worried about it. The disease is transmitted trough bodily fluids like vomit, feces or blood, and is not airborne. It’s very unlikely, according to the CDC that contamination can occur when showing no symptoms of the illness.
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Medicins Sans Frontiers as the aid program is called originally in French, defends the New York Ebola infected doctor. They issued an official statement sustaining that Spencer followed all protocol after returning. Although it’s now customary for aid workers from West Africa to stay in quarantine for 21 days. It’s unlikely that the protocol says anything about Uber or Bowling, but the nature of the virus is such that only when symptoms are clear is the illness contagious. Even then, one would have to ingest or come in contact with personal bodily fluids. If a body fluid containing ebola (sweat, blood, feces, mucus) comes into contact with an open wound or an orifice, that’s the typical way of contacting Ebola. You will most likely be safe if you keep your hands clean.