There has been a lot of speculation in the last ten days over whether or not Dr. Nancy Snyderman would be returning to her post as chief medical editor on NBC after violating her voluntary Ebola quarantine. Snyderman and her crew spent weeks in Liberia covering the virus when one of the cameramen traveling with them became ill. His diagnosis on October 1 sent the entire crew back to the states where they were supposedly going to quarantine themselves for 21 days. Instead several of them were spotted picking up take out food in New Jersey. After weeks of backlash NBC has decided not to fire Snyderman just yet.
Instead of being cut the doctor will be taking a month off in order to put some distance between herself and this toxic situation. It took her days to issue an apology for potentially putting others in the general public at risk and even then she seemed to shift the blame rather than own it. Her social media accounts have been filled with scathing comments from former fans and the bottom line is that at least for now, people aren't trusting Snyderman's medical advice.
NBC is apparently hoping that by keeping Snyderman off the air for about two months people will forget how careless she was and slowly accept her as part of the network's trustworthy crew. While NBC was probably very wise to keep Snyderman off the air and out on a leave of absence for awhile, do you agree that bringing her back will eventually be a good idea? Will you ever trust the medical advice given by Snyderman on-air again? Should the network have sent a louder message and fired the doctor? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
