Ebola Scare in New York City
CAMEROTA: An unidentified man is in New York's Mount Sinai Hospital at this hour being tested for Ebola. The doctors say they won't have the results for at least a day. CNN's Jason Carroll is live at the hospital with the latest. What do we know, Jason?</s>JASON CARROLL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, as you say, Alisyn, they are still waiting for those test results to come back. In the interim, what they are doing is they're treating this patient with an abundance of caution. This patient is still being treated, still in strict isolation. We should point out this evening, the New York City Health Department official did speak to CNN. That official telling CNN that it appears that from what he knows, after speaking to a representative at the CDC, after speaking to doctors here at the hospital, that what they're looking at is an unlikely case of Ebola. But once again, they have to proceed with an abundance of caution to make sure these test results come back and confirm what they're thinking, which is once again that it is not Ebola, but you can imagine what happened when this patient came here this morning telling doctors that he had just come back from the region. He had flu-like symptoms. And then all of a sudden everything kicked into gear. Within minutes this patient was in isolation. So once again at this point, Alisyn, doctors at the hospital doing everything that they can to treat this man, but still awaiting those test results.</s>CAMEROTA: OK. Jason Carroll, thank you. Bring us back any information as soon as you get it from the hospital. We want to bring in Dr. Jorge Rodriguez. He's a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. Doctor, thanks so much for being here. How troubled are you that this patient who recently travel to West Africa was walking the streets of New York and then showed up with these bad symptoms?</s>DR. JORGE RODRIGUEZ, INTERNIST: Well, I'm troubled, as most of America is, the fact, if it isn't this case, I think eventually it is bound to happen. I'm glad that they're taking these precautions. I just wish that physicians like myself and E.R. doctors had a quicker way of assessing whether this really is something like Ebola or not, because as cold and flu season arrives, I think we will be seeing a lot more of these cases.</s>CAMEROTA: Right, great point, because we have to wait a whole day to find out if this man was in fact exposed to Ebola.</s>RODRIGUEZ: At least.</s>CAMEROTA: How likely is it, Doctor, that Ebola could actually spread here in the U.S.? Obviously that is the big fear of everyone listening tonight.</s>RODRIGUEZ: Listen, nobody really knows that. I just think statistically it is something that is bound to happen. Once Ebola got out of small villages in Africa and into urban centers, in today's world, I think most of us believe it really is just a matter of time. It isn't a question of if anymore. It is only a matter of when.</s>CAMEROTA: But when you say it is bound to happen, what does that mean? An epidemic on our hands?</s>RODRIGUEZ: Well, you know what? It all depends on how quickly we react. It depends on how far along we are with treatments for Ebola. It depends on how far along we are with being able to diagnose Ebola. For example, if this gentleman is out in the community for two days when he is very contagious or he comes into a hospital and we can't diagnose it for two or three days, that is more likely then to spread than if we just find out whether he has it or not in one day or six hours or one hour if we have a quick enough test.</s>CAMEROTA: So we understand there is this experimental serum that can have a positive effect on people who have come into contact with the virus. Tell us more about this.</s>RODRIGUEZ: Well, this serum, you know what? Why these two patients, and here we always have to walk a very thin line between sort of clarity and caution and compassion, why these two patients were brought over. Now it is clear that they were given a serum. This serum is made from sort of antibodies from monkeys that were given the Ebola virus. There are many companies throughout the world that are working, not just on serum but on medications. And I'm glad to see the government has given this company in San Diego a lot more money to go along and enhance the research that is needed to really expedite this.</s>CAMEROTA: We were just looking at the two Americans that were exposed to Ebola and who are fighting it. But there is not enough serum to go around.</s>RODRIGUEZ: No. And let's be cautious. We don't even know really if this serum is working. I'm glad now that these patients were brought to a hospital where so many tests can be done, where they can see the response of their body to this serum. We don't know if these patients are naturally getting better or whether the serum is really doing something. So before we give the banner of cure to the serum, a lot more students and a lot more information needs to be gathered.</s>CAMEROTA: OK. Dr. Jorge Rodriguez, we will check back with you tomorrow when we have the status of this patient here in New York City. Thank you.</s>RODRIGUEZ: Thank you.</s>CAMEROTA: Well, the clock is ticking in the Middle East. But just how good are the chances of a lasting cease-fire in Gaza? And has Israel accomplished what it wanted? We will go back to Jake Tapper live in Jerusalem.