Princeton signs complaining about Dr. Nancy Snyderman's violation of Ebola quarantine disappear overnight
A kiosk on Nassau Street in Princeton at Vandeventer Ave on Friday, October 17, 2014. (Martin Griff | Times of Trenton)
A kiosk on Nassau Street in Princeton at Vandeventer Ave on Friday, October 17, 2014. (Martin Griff | Times of Trenton)
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PRINCETON — Signs posted on kiosks in downtown Princeton encouraging residents to keep an eye out for NBC news chief medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman while she remains under an Ebola quarantine at her Princeton home disappeared overnight.
The fliers included Snyderman’s address and children’s names and were posted on community kiosks, which serve as a open forum for community announcements.
Snyderman has drawn criticism for violating a voluntary quarantine after returning from covering Ebola in Liberia. She has since apologized after the quarantine was made mandatory by the New Jersey Department of Health.
Princeton Administrator Bob Bruschi said Thursday that the town was made aware of the signs telling people to watch for Snyderman sightings, and would take no action to remove them, calling it a “a freedom of speech issue.”
When contacted on Friday, Bruschi said he was unaware they had disappeared.
Councilwoman Jo Butler said she was in town around 10 a.m. Friday at the corner of Witherspoon and Nassau streets and wanted to see the signs for herself, but realized they were gone.
Princeton resident Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical correspondent, violated the voluntary isolation agreement she made after she was exposed to Ebola. (Courtesy of Peter Kramer | NBC)
“I went looking for them and didn’t see them,” Butler said. “It seems pretty hateful, and this isn’t a community that likes that sort of thing. Frankly I’m glad they’re gone.”
Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN earlier this week Snyderman, 62, did not put the public in danger by breaking a voluntary isolation agreement she made after exposed to Ebola.
“If she was not sick, she was not putting others at risk,” Frieden said on CNN's “Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer." She remains symptom-free; the virus can only spread when someone exhibits symptoms .
The signs included phone numbers for Princeton's police department and the New Jersey health department, which ordered the mandatory quarantine for Snyderman and her crew last week.
Snyderman offered an apology Monday night for violating the agreement she made with the CDC, state and local officials.
"As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public, but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused," she said.
The mandatory quarantine is in effect until Oct. 22.
Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman with the NBC crew, was infected with the disease Oct. 1 and is recovering in Nebraska. He contracted Ebola when he was washing down a vehicle that had transported “bodies that perished from the disease,” Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser said Monday night.
Those exposed to the virus develop symptoms two days to three weeks after exposure, according to the CDC. It is transmitted through contact with blood and bodily fluids.
The Princeton police and health departments are handling the situation in Snyderman's neighborhood, Bruschi previously said.
"More important than the message the signs are giving is the fact that we have full cooperation and compliance with the quarantine," Bruschi said. "We have both the health department and our police department monitoring the matter and it is under control."
Nicole Mulvaney may be reached at nmulvaney@njtimes.com. Follow her on Twitter @NicoleMulvaney. Find The Times of Trenton on Facebook.
PRINCETON — Signs posted on kiosks in downtown Princeton encouraging residents to keep an eye out for NBC news chief medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman while she remains under an Ebola quarantine at her Princeton home disappeared overnight.
The fliers included Snyderman’s address and children’s names and were posted on community kiosks, which serve as a open forum for community announcements.
Snyderman has drawn criticism for violating a voluntary quarantine after returning from covering Ebola in Liberia. She has since apologized after the quarantine was made mandatory by the New Jersey Department of Health.
Princeton Administrator Bob Bruschi said Thursday that the town was made aware of the signs telling people to watch for Snyderman sightings, and would take no action to remove them, calling it a “a freedom of speech issue.”
When contacted on Friday, Bruschi said he was unaware they had disappeared.
Councilwoman Jo Butler said she was in town around 10 a.m. Friday at the corner of Witherspoon and Nassau streets and wanted to see the signs for herself, but realized they were gone.
Princeton resident Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical correspondent, violated the voluntary isolation agreement she made after she was exposed to Ebola. (Courtesy of Peter Kramer | NBC)
“I went looking for them and didn’t see them,” Butler said. “It seems pretty hateful, and this isn’t a community that likes that sort of thing. Frankly I’m glad they’re gone.”
Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN earlier this week Snyderman, 62, did not put the public in danger by breaking a voluntary isolation agreement she made after exposed to Ebola.
“If she was not sick, she was not putting others at risk,” Frieden said on CNN's “Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer." She remains symptom-free; the virus can only spread when someone exhibitssymptoms .
The signs includedphone numbers for Princeton's police department and the New Jersey health department, which ordered the mandatory quarantine for Snyderman and her crew last week.
Snyderman offered an apology Monday night for violating the agreement she made with the CDC, state and local officials.
"As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public, but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused," she said.
The mandatory quarantine is in effect until Oct. 22.
Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman with the NBC crew, was infected with the disease Oct. 1 and is recovering in Nebraska. He contracted Ebola when he was washing down a vehicle that had transported “bodies that perished from the disease,” Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser said Monday night.
Those exposed to the virus develop symptoms two days to three weeks after exposure, according to the CDC. It is transmitted through contact with blood and bodily fluids.
The Princeton police and health departments are handling the situation in Snyderman's neighborhood, Bruschi previously said.
"More important than the message the signs are giving is the fact that we have full cooperation and compliance with the quarantine," Bruschi said. "We have both the health department and our police department monitoring the matter and it is under control."
Nicole Mulvaney may be reached at nmulvaney@njtimes.com. Follow her on Twitter @NicoleMulvaney. Find The Times of Trenton on Facebook.
The fliers included Snyderman’s address and children’s names and were posted on community kiosks, which serve as a open forum for community announcements.
Snyderman has drawn criticism for violating a voluntary quarantine after returning from covering Ebola in Liberia. She has since apologized after the quarantine was made mandatory by the New Jersey Department of Health.
Princeton Administrator Bob Bruschi said Thursday that the town was made aware of the signs telling people to watch for Snyderman sightings, and would take no action to remove them, calling it a “a freedom of speech issue.”
When contacted on Friday, Bruschi said he was unaware they had disappeared.
Councilwoman Jo Butler said she was in town around 10 a.m. Friday at the corner of Witherspoon and Nassau streets and wanted to see the signs for herself, but realized they were gone.
Princeton resident Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical correspondent, violated the voluntary isolation agreement she made after she was exposed to Ebola. (Courtesy of Peter Kramer | NBC) Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CNN earlier this week Snyderman, 62, did not put the public in danger by breaking a voluntary isolation agreement she made after exposed to Ebola.
“If she was not sick, she was not putting others at risk,” Frieden said on CNN's “Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer." She remains symptom-free; the virus can only spread when someone exhibits
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Snyderman offered an apology Monday night for violating the agreement she made with the CDC, state and local officials.
"As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public, but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused," she said.
The mandatory quarantine is in effect until Oct. 22.
Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman with the NBC crew, was infected with the disease Oct. 1 and is recovering in Nebraska. He contracted Ebola when he was washing down a vehicle that had transported “bodies that perished from the disease,” Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser said Monday night.
Those exposed to the virus develop symptoms two days to three weeks after exposure, according to the CDC. It is transmitted through contact with blood and bodily fluids.
The Princeton police and health departments are handling the situation in Snyderman's neighborhood, Bruschi previously said.
"More important than the message the signs are giving is the fact that we have full cooperation and compliance with the quarantine," Bruschi said. "We have both the health department and our police department monitoring the matter and it is under control."
Nicole Mulvaney may be reached at nmulvaney@njtimes.com. Follow her on Twitter @NicoleMulvaney. Find The Times of Trenton on Facebook.
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