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Ebola Doc All Ebola Free

by Josh Marshall

11.11.14 | 12:41 pm

Dr. Craig Spencer, foreground, who was the first Ebola patient in New York City, is hugged by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio during a news conference at Bellevue Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in New York. Spencer w... Dr. Craig Spencer, foreground, who was the first Ebola patient in New York City, is hugged by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio during a news conference at Bellevue Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 in New York. Spencer was released from Bellevue Hospital on Tuesday, 19 days after he was diagnosed with the virus. The physician had been working with Doctors Without Borders. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) MORE LESS

That New York doctor who came down with Ebola after returning from West Africa now has a clean bill of health and is being – properly – lauded as a hero by the Mayor.

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Josh Marshall is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TPM.

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