still open as long as this judges ruling goes unchallenged? and what does that mean for doctors and nurses treating patients as the number of covid cases starts to tick back up again? joining us now is doctor craig spencer. he s the director of global health and emergency medicine at columbia university irving medical center, he s also an emergency room doctor pressing new york city. he s also a doctor with personal experience with scary contagious diseases. he was the first person new york city to be diagnosed with ebola. back in 2014 after he returned from treating ebola patients in africa. with the covid pandemic new york city hit in march 2020, doctor spencer was on the frontlines fighting patients at the very worst of that time. doctor spencer it s a real pleasure to have you back on the show, thanks for making time to be here this night. thank you for having me back on, it s a pleasure. so it seems to me that there are two things to think about in terms of this judges ruling.
lot of people including parents with kids and people who are still immunocompromised and might not have access to the type of care or medications that we need. to stay safe as everybody else does. doctor craig spencer, director of global health and emergency medicine at columbia university irving medical center, doctor spencer, it s a pleasure to have you here. i am sorry that you guys got stuck in the middle of around trip with rules change in the middle of it. but i hope you enjoy your time away and good luck. thank you, rachel. we ve got much more news ahead, stay with us. with us. ( ) walking on walking on the moon some may say i m wishing my days away no way walking on the moon
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cases starts to tick back up again? joining us now is doctor craig spencer. he s the director of global health and emergency medicine at columbia university irving medical center, he s also an emergency room doctor pressing new york city. he s also a doctor with personal experience with scary contagious diseases. he was the first person new york city to be diagnosed with ebola. back in 2014 after he returned from treating ebola patients in africa. with the covid pandemic new york city hit in march 2020, doctor spencer was on the frontlines fighting patients at the very worst of that time. doctor spencer it s a real pleasure to have you back on the show, thanks for making time to be here this night. thank you for having me back on, it s a pleasure. so it seems to me that there are two things to think about in terms of this judges ruling. one is just the practical question. people may be watching you right now with your experience as a specialist in this feel, as a practicing physici
hear him speak. he s actually very smart, but i think he has political ambitions, and motivations. so, unfortunately, that is part of it. as we know testing is such a big pillar in containing this virus, it helps us didn t defy who s infected, and who needs to be quarantined. so, what he s basically saying is everything that is again science, against the evidence that we actually have. i think, his rhetoric, unfortunately, is going to influence policy in florida, and again cost lives of many floridians. doctor spencer, i feel like some of us are stuck between a weird position. you have doctoral adopt all of this world, who are saying nonsense. then, you have the doctor fauci s in who seem to have kind of, given up. is that the right? word or, dropped their guard. have a listen to doctor walensky, head of the cdc speaking, when she was asked whether the cdc would recommend,