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Posted: Oct 2, 2014

at the airport don't matter for him-- he's coming home.  Not that I think he should stay away really, but I don't much like the way the press is treating the guy in Dallas.

 

Got to thinking about that guy in Dallas.  He probably lied so that he could get to decent healthcare, and apparently his family lives here.  He was probably afraid to admit he had contact with Ebola patient in Liberia for fear they would keep him there.  He literally may have lied to save his life.

 

 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/an-american-cameraman-for-nbc-news-has-ebola-%E2%80%94-and-hes-coming-back-to-the-us/ar-BB77v0j

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I had exactly the same reaction. - sm

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The proposed Liberian lawsuit is appalling. Mr Duncan is already paying a high enough price for trying to help a pregnant neighbor get to the hospital. I wonder how they are going to prove he knew about the deaths of that poor girl and her family or what cause was. The cab driver said they thought she was having a miscarriage. The chain of events suggests he was planning his trip to visit his mother, sister, son and girlfriend weeks before his inadvertent ebola exposure.

Thought about my OP a lot - sm

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I wonder if the Liberian authorities are not "mouthing" so that they are not criticized, and help might be retracted in handling the Ebola crisis. I also decided I was uncertain as to whether Duncan is an American or a Liberian.

I can imagine not wanting to actually admit to yourself that this could be happening, denying the symptoms as long as you can, but yet, he did go to the hospital on 09/25 and then was sent home (big mistake for hospital). I'm sure he was greatly relieved at that point to find out that he was clear on 09/25. All in all, very sad. I'm a softie. I want to bake cookies and leave them outside the apartment door where those people are being quarantined and are probably absolutely terrified.

Well, wooptee.I feel a lot better now. - nm

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nm

I would not advise reading this board to feel - better or worse--something else maybe?

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xx

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