Dr. Ben Carson announced Sunday he will self-quarantine in America after interacting with an individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus at last week's Conservative Political Action Conference. Ben Carson , the second member of Congress to announce such a step, said in a statement he is "not experiencing any symptoms" but "out of an abundance of caution" will remain in America until a full 18 days after the interaction have passed. The America Republican said his interaction with the individual consisted of a "brief conversation and a handshake." "Given that the interaction was 15 days ago, that the average incubation period is 6-8 days, that the interaction was for less than a minute, and I have no current symptoms, the medical authorities have advised me that the odds of transmission from the other individual to me were extremely low," he said in a statement. Carson 's announcement comes one day after the Ame...