Report: 'Hero' Ebola doctor lied to the NYPD; Said he'd 'self quarantined'; Update: de Blasio denies the story

Greg P. | 6:44 AM on October 29, 2014

If this report in the New York Post is true, then it’s a potential bombshell that’s certain to add to the ongoing quarantine/not-quarantine debate. The “hero” doctor getting treated for Ebola in NYC is alleged to have lied to the cops about his travels:

Ebola doctor lied about his NYC travels: sources

Dr. Craig Spencer at first told officials that he isolated himself in his Harlem apartment — and didn’t admit he rode the subways, dined out and went bowling until cops looked at his MetroCard the sources said.

“He told the authorities that he self-quarantined. Detectives then reviewed his credit-card statement and MetroCard and found that he went over here, over there, up and down and all around,” a source said.

Spencer finally ’fessed up when a cop “got on the phone and had to relay questions to him through the Health Department,” a source said.

What??????

And tweeters are outraged:

@FoxNews The honor system does not work. Quaratine is necessary! I don't understand why people r lying! Especially a doctor. Hero to zero!

— Rebecca ???? (@rspin122112) October 29, 2014

@FoxNews If reports R true, a medical professional such as a doctor should receive very large sanctions against them, breaking their 'oath'

— Cancel Brexit ?? (@DbAshby) October 29, 2014

@FoxNews now there's an ethical doctor ! Shame shame Dr. !

— Eileen ✝️ (@rayann2320) October 29, 2014

https://twitter.com/BROONEYBROONEY/status/527395041028108288

https://twitter.com/Ironsheikjr/status/527401732666834944

Again, if this report is accurate, then it’s not only Spencer who has to answer for this, but we need to ask what Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio knew about Spencer’s alleged fabrications when they gave their initial press conference, boldly declaring that Spencer had “handled himself accordingly.”

Full Twitchy coverage on Ebola here.

Update:

"I'm sick of unnamed sources," Mayor @BilldeBlasio says. Not happy abt report that Dr. Spencer lied about his whereabouts. Says it's untrue

— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) October 29, 2014

"I'm sick of unnamed sources," @deBlasioNYC said re: latest Ebola report on Dr. Spencer's whereabouts. http://t.co/T2sOGAtEsr

— Sally Goldenberg (@SallyGold) October 29, 2014

Editor’s note: A typo was corrected in this post. We apologize for the error.

Editor’s note 2: This post was updated with additional tweets