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Leave Craig Spencer Alone!

Posted in Editorials on October 24th, 2014
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There’s a menace lurking in the streets of New York today. No not Ebola, but people who will not shut the fuck up with their victim blaming of Dr. Craig Spencer.

From Reddit:

I can’t believe that a doctor would let that happen. What a fucking irresponsible asshole. His credentials should be revoked.

I just can’t comprehend how fucking stupid and egotistical it is for anyone treating patients with highly infectious diseases to not keep themselves quarantined after finishing the job. I don’t care if it’s ebola or tuberculosis. It’s retarded that medical professionals aren’t required to abide by standards.

What a selfish fucking jackass

On Jezebel:

I am not afraid of getting ebola, I am not afraid that this is going to become pandemic, but I am very in support of punishing people that should fucking know better. He should be financially liable if anyone else gets this, and he should be responsible for the overall costs of dealing with the situation he has put others in. We should absolutely be quarantining all doctors that have been in West Africa treating ebola. And we should be ostracizing medical professionals who feel anything other than healthy, after treating ebola patients, who do not immediately rush to the doctor. Fuck this guy.

From all available news reports, Dr. Spencer was self monitoring his temperature and called the authorities as soon as he had a fever. I understand why people are angry he went out with his friends when he was feeling “sluggish,” but there’s a huge lack of compassion in all the bullshit getting thrown his way. He’s a human being, not a saint or a robot. A human being that did wonderful volunteer work and will now suffer a terrible and potentially deadly disease for his kindness and generosity.

These people are blaming him for wanting a night out after spending time doing a very difficult thing. I know doctors are trained to be tough, but what he did could not have been easy.

I’m sure that all of the commenters bashing Dr. Spencer always wash their hands, and get their flu shots. They’ve never exceeded the speed limit or drove while impaired by substances or lack of sleep. They’ve never skipped a condom or a seat belt, texted while driving or done anything dangerous at all. They are all perfect examples of public health we should venerate so that they bestow more wisdom upon the masses.

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