Ebola patient in Texas has died

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Anonymous wrote:I hope people remember what this man did that resulted in his infection. He is dead today because he helped try to obtain medical care for a dying pregnant woman who was turned away from the hospital. He may or may not have known she had Ebola, but either way it was a pretty noble thing to do. What a tragedy.

Was he noble when he lied on the airport screening form prior to comming to the U.S.?

Was he noble when he failed to tell the hospital during his 1st visit where he had been and what he had done?

Was he noble when he returned to the apartment, while sick, and exposed the 5 children from 4 different school systems to his Ebola symptoms?

Sorry, he isn't a hero to me.

He wanted to LIVE.

So do tbe kids he deliberately exposed. Selfish. Evil

[Anonymous]

Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone please explain the "political correctness" issue? Germs don't follow politics.

They don't --but this disease is hitting African countries. If we have flight bans- we are racist

And there are about $100k worth of donated medical relief supplies sitting in a US port waiting to go to Liberia but you know what's holding it up?

Liberian politics. Petty third world Liberian politics. Google it.

Ive been saying this all along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I hope people remember what this man did that resulted in his infection. He is dead today because he helped try to obtain medical care for a dying pregnant woman who was turned away from the hospital. He may or may not have known she had Ebola, but either way it was a pretty noble thing to do. What a tragedy.

Was he noble when he lied on the airport screening form prior to comming to the U.S.?

Was he noble when he failed to tell the hospital during his 1st visit where he had been and what he had done?

Was he noble when he returned to the apartment, while sick, and exposed the 5 children from 4 different school systems to his Ebola symptoms?

Sorry, he isn't a hero to me.

He wanted to LIVE.

So do tbe kids he deliberately exposed. Selfish. Evil

You're starting to annoy me. Write words like the grown ups.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope people remember what this man did that resulted in his infection. He is dead today because he helped try to obtain medical care for a dying pregnant woman who was turned away from the hospital. He may or may not have known she had Ebola, but either way it was a pretty noble thing to do. What a tragedy.

Was he noble when he lied on the airport screening form prior to comming to the U.S.?

Was he noble when he failed to tell the hospital during his 1st visit where he had been and what he had done?

Was he noble when he returned to the apartment, while sick, and exposed the 5 children from 4 different school systems to his Ebola symptoms?

Sorry, he isn't a hero to me.

He wanted to LIVE.

So do tbe kids he deliberately exposed. Selfish. Evil

You're starting to annoy me. Write words like the grown ups.

This issue has been beaten to death. Go back and read the full thread. I'm tired of re-hashing of those who can't keep up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

Really? Like some who have HIV have sex with others without saying? Is that telling? He thought he would be sent back. He had nowhere else to go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

But why? It's so hard to actually get here in the US. Why would he quarantine himself?

And why would his nephew suspect he had Ebola when it never ever crossed anyone else's mind?

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ebola-nephew-sought-cdc-help-story.htmlWeeks said he suspected his uncle had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia before flying to Dallas last month, his first trip to the United States, to attend his son’s school graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope people remember what this man did that resulted in his infection. He is dead today because he helped try to obtain medical care for a dying pregnant woman who was turned away from the hospital. He may or may not have known she had Ebola, but either way it was a pretty noble thing to do. What a tragedy.

Was he noble when he lied on the airport screening form prior to comming to the U.S.?

Was he noble when he failed to tell the hospital during his 1st visit where he had been and what he had done?

Was he noble when he returned to the apartment, while sick, and exposed the 5 children from 4 different school systems to his Ebola symptoms?

Sorry, he isn't a hero to me.

He wanted to LIVE.

So do tbe kids he deliberately exposed. Selfish. Evil

You're starting to annoy me. Write words like the grown ups.

This issue has been beaten to death. Go back and read the full thread. I'm tired of re-hashing of those who can't keep up.

Sorry sweetie. He lied, just like lots of others:

Seems due to cremation policies, people in Liberia are lying about cause of death in hopes the body won't be taken

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

But why? It's so hard to actually get here in the US. Why would he quarantine himself?

And why would his nephew suspect he had Ebola when it never ever crossed anyone else's mind?

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ebola-nephew-sought-cdc-help-story.htmlWeeks said he suspected his uncle had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia before flying to Dallas last month, his first trip to the United States, to attend his son’s school graduation.

The nephew became concerned *after* his uncle started to develop symptoms that could be consistent with Ebola. If I knew someone who had just travelled here from Liberia and was feeling ill with fever and stomach pains, I'd worry about the same thing. That says nothing about whether or not Duncan knew he had been exposed before leaving Liberia.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

But why? It's so hard to actually get here in the US. Why would he quarantine himself?

And why would his nephew suspect he had Ebola when it never ever crossed anyone else's mind?

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ebola-nephew-sought-cdc-help-story.htmlWeeks said he suspected his uncle had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia before flying to Dallas last month, his first trip to the United States, to attend his son’s school graduation.

Weeks was probably closely following the situation in Liberia (as some of us here have been). When someone arrives from Liberia and has a fever, vomiting, and abdominal pain such that they go to a hospital, my first fear would be Ebola. That seems to be what happened here.

Imagine if you went to the hospital with those symptoms and they sent you home with antibiotics. Would that be good care for what is most likely a virus? If you had recently been in West Africa, wouldn't that be very poor care? Calling the CDC was a great decision by Weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

But why? It's so hard to actually get here in the US. Why would he quarantine himself?

And why would his nephew suspect he had Ebola when it never ever crossed anyone else's mind?

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ebola-nephew-sought-cdc-help-story.htmlWeeks said he suspected his uncle had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia before flying to Dallas last month, his first trip to the United States, to attend his son’s school graduation.

Weeks was probably closely following the situation in Liberia (as some of us here have been). When someone arrives from Liberia and has a fever, vomiting, and abdominal pain such that they go to a hospital, my first fear would be Ebola. That seems to be what happened here.

Imagine if you went to the hospital with those symptoms and they sent you home with antibiotics. Would that be good care for what is most likely a virus? If you had recently been in West Africa, wouldn't that be very poor care? Calling the CDC was a great decision by Weeks.

I agree it was a great decision by Weeks. This guy was like a brother to Duncan - you don't think he's passing along information? Concerned for him? Telling him what he knows from here?
I wish he would have called the CDC when the plane landed in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

But why? It's so hard to actually get here in the US. Why would he quarantine himself?

And why would his nephew suspect he had Ebola when it never ever crossed anyone else's mind?

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ebola-nephew-sought-cdc-help-story.htmlWeeks said he suspected his uncle had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia before flying to Dallas last month, his first trip to the United States, to attend his son’s school graduation.

The nephew became concerned *after* his uncle started to develop symptoms that could be consistent with Ebola. If I knew someone who had just travelled here from Liberia and was feeling ill with fever and stomach pains, I'd worry about the same thing. That says nothing about whether or not Duncan knew he had been exposed before leaving Liberia.

Yes, you'd worry about them and tell them too, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan told his fiancee the day he was diagnosed last week that he regrets exposing her to the deadly virus and had he known he was carrying Ebola, he would have “preferred to stay in Liberia and died than bring this to you,” a family friend said.

“He apologized to Louise the day they told him what he had,” said Saymendy Lloyd, a close friend of Louise Troh, the fiancee of Duncan, who is in critical condition and no longer responsive. “He told her, ‘I’m so sorry all of this is happening. .?.?. I would not put the love of my life in danger.’ ”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ebola-patient-in-dallas-rues-bringing-virus-to-love-of-my-life/2014/10/07/a1eb8ba8-4e55-11e4-babe-e91da079cb8a_story.html

Not really buying it, given the state of Liberia worh Ebola.

If he really believed he'd been exposed to Ebola (which I don't buy) he could have still come to the US but quarantined himself from his family. The fact that he didn't seems telling.

But why? It's so hard to actually get here in the US. Why would he quarantine himself?

And why would his nephew suspect he had Ebola when it never ever crossed anyone else's mind?

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ebola-nephew-sought-cdc-help-story.htmlWeeks said he suspected his uncle had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia before flying to Dallas last month, his first trip to the United States, to attend his son’s school graduation.

Weeks was probably closely following the situation in Liberia (as some of us here have been). When someone arrives from Liberia and has a fever, vomiting, and abdominal pain such that they go to a hospital, my first fear would be Ebola. That seems to be what happened here.

Imagine if you went to the hospital with those symptoms and they sent you home with antibiotics. Would that be good care for what is most likely a virus? If you had recently been in West Africa, wouldn't that be very poor care? Calling the CDC was a great decision by Weeks.

I agree it was a great decision by Weeks. This guy was like a brother to Duncan - you don't think he's passing along information? Concerned for him? Telling him what he knows from here?
I wish he would have called the CDC when the plane landed in the US.

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This makes no sense. Weeks didn't suspect Ebola until after the uncle began exhibiting symptoms, which was 4-5 days after his plane landed.