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7. Because Dr. Laura Evans Saved Craig Spencer’s Life


When Craig Spencer showed up at Bellevue, Dr. Laura Evans—the lead physician on his case—thought he was another fake. “I responded to what I thought was another of many Ebola practice drills we have had over the past several months,” she said. It took a full half-hour before Evans realized she was treating an actual Ebola case, partly because there had been so many test runs and partly because, in the weeks before Spencer’s case, a handful of people had come in with symptoms—“persons under investigation”—and been quickly cleared. After Spencer was released with a clean bill of health, he thanked Evans. “[Evans] has been with me every day,” he said at a press conference, and the two embraced—with no hazmat suits in sight.


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