NBC chief medical editor and Princeton resident Dr. Nancy Snyderman this week apologized for "scaring my community" by violating a self-imposed quarantine after she was exposed to the Ebola virus. But it didn’t appear to be heartfelt and came only when she went back to work at the network during an interview with Today show host Matt Lauer.
Could ratings be involved here?
Her subsequently mandatory quarantine at her Princeton home ended weeks ago.
Where was the letter since then to the Princeton Council to be read to the community?
Where was an appearance by her before the council?
The same questions can be asked about the community of Hopewell Borough where she went to get takeout soup from a restaurant when she broke her quarantine.
Yes, she said on TV she was sorry for her actions, but she tempered her remarks by playing the "doctor" card she previously played.
She knew the risks of contracting Ebola and of passing it on, so she took precautions.
But, she admitted, she was "not sensitive to how absolutely frightened Americans were," at the time. Perhaps she wasn’t watching TV before she broke her quarantine.
And, it appeared she said the breaking of her quarantine has been a "distraction."
"My concern is that this has been a distraction from the real issue at hand. We can’t afford to not to concentrate on West Africa," she said on Today.
It certainly was a distraction to people in her community. And she still has not adequately apologized to that community.

