NBC’s chief medical correspondent, Nancy Snyderman, is under police surveillance as part of a mandatory quarantine to isolate people who traveled in Ebola-infected areas. Snyderman violated her voluntary agreement with the Centers for Disease Control to quarantine herself after she and three other NBC crew members returned from Africa and it was discovered that a freelance cameraman they had worked with had contracted Ebola. She was spotted last week by a tipster wearing sunglasses as she picked up a take-out order at her favorite soup restaurant in New Jersey.

The media criticism has been harsh. “I just thought that that was so irresponsible,” co-host Rosie Perez of ABC’s The View said. “Whether she knows if she’s infected or not, you just don’t do that. You don’t put fear into the public when you’re a public figure.”

In a statement read by Brian Williams of NBC’s Nightly News, Snyderman made matters worse by stating:

“As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public, but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused.” A medical professional I know who has worked with Snyderman was furious: “What is she thinking? That she can outguess the Centers for Disease Control as to whether or not she is a threat? As a health professional she should be less arrogant.”

But that is not her style. A friend of both Bill and Hillary Clinton for over three decades since they all lived in Little Rock in the 1980s, Snyderman has thrown her weight behind any number of dubious liberal causes along with Obamacare. In 2002, she was suspended by ABC News for violating its policies when she made a commercial for Tylenol.

“For years, Nancy Snyderman has been a familiar and trusted presence in the lives of women all over the country, both as a medical correspondent and an author,” reads the promotional copy of her book Necessary Journeys. Dr. Snyderman is certainly familiar to most TV viewers, but in the aftermath of her egregious lapse in ethics, one wonders just how long NBC News can continue to decide she should be “trusted” to report medical news.