Dr. Nancy Snyderman will finally return to The Today Show this morning after a two-month absence. The medical expert returned from Liberia in early October and announced that she and her crew would be voluntarily quarantining themselves because one NBC freelancer with them had contracted the Ebola virus. About a week into that self-imposed quarantine, Snyderman was spotted out grabbing take-out in New Jersey. She issued an apology that sounded more like blame-shifting and the backlash was so bad that NBC has kept her off the air and in limbo for the last six weeks.
For a while the network was reportedly debating whether or not to fire their chief medical correspondent. Before this major misstep, Snyderman was considered to be a credible and valued member of NBC's news team. The jury is still out on whether or not the viewers will continue to trust her judgment. Snyderman's first segment back will have nothing to do with Ebola and she is expected to once again apologize for her careless actions.
Snyderman has said she believed wholeheartedly that her crew was absolutely Ebola-free and ultimately she was right, but it was still a huge risk to the general public, one that many believe should carry serious repercussions.
Should NBC have brought Snyderman back at all or do you think she should have been fired? Will you be inclined to trust the medical advice coming from a woman who does not take her own advice? Can Snyderman eventually win over NBC's audience once again, somehow making them forget all about the scandal that she caused? If the network decided to let Snyderman go and bring in somebody new, who do you think that person would have been?
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