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US Ebola Patient was Former FedEx Worker Who Decided to 'Just Go' to US After Firing
Breitbart's Big Peace ^ | October 2, 2014 | Frances Martel

Posted on 10/02/2014 3:44:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

As the international media and law enforcement authorities begin to investigate how a man who had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia came to arrive in Texas, new details are surfacing about Thomas Eric Duncan and his voyage to the United States. Before coming to America to visit family, Duncan worked at a FedEx from which he was dismissed, after which he decided to "just go" to Texas.

According to new details given to the Liberian Observer by someone close to Duncan, Duncan did not leave Liberia with any outward symptoms of the disease. His decision to leave the country, according to the source, followed his dismissal from a job at FedEx Liberia, in early September. “By then, he had already received a visa to visit a relative in Texas (USA), so he decided to just go,” according to the source.

The Observer does not note that the source elaborated on what he meant-- whether Duncan had decided to "just go" and attempt to stay in the United States or take advantage of the lack of work hours to leave the country. He also did not discuss the job at FedEx or, specifically, whether the job exposed him to items and packages that could be sent worldwide. Without a job, however, it would be slightly more unreasonable to consider taking a vacation, only to return to unemployment....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: dallas; ebola; epidemic; fedex; firstusebolavictim; immigration; liberia; pandemic; texas; thomasduncan; uspatientzero
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He's never going back, kids.
1 posted on 10/02/2014 3:44:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He absolutely, positively had to be here overnight?


2 posted on 10/02/2014 3:45:49 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: RichInOC

I’m FED UP.


3 posted on 10/02/2014 3:47:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: RichInOC

Doomed


4 posted on 10/02/2014 3:47:41 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who paid his $4,500+ for his ticket?


5 posted on 10/02/2014 3:47:43 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I heard on another report that he quit his job suddenly and did not give a reason right before he left Liberia.


6 posted on 10/02/2014 3:48:20 PM PDT by LTC.Ret (I was Constitutional Conservative when it wasn't Cool)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

His trip cost him $1400.00 dollars, and I am sure Fed Ex had him insured and he is on cobra ins at this moment..


7 posted on 10/02/2014 3:48:20 PM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: jimbo123

Why is it so high?


8 posted on 10/02/2014 3:48:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: JoanneSD

He’s probably already on Medicaid and Obamacare.


9 posted on 10/02/2014 3:49:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

WHY THE HOLY HE-DOUBLE-HOCKEY STICKS ARE WE JUST RUBBER STAMING VIASA FROM LIBWERA SINCE THE DAMNED OUTBREAK STARTED???????

“By then, he had already received a visa to visit a relative in Texas (USA), so he decided to just go,”

MAKES ME ANGRY NOW!


10 posted on 10/02/2014 3:51:27 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: RichInOC

[ He absolutely, positively had to be here overnight? ]

He would have exposed FEWER people had he packed himself in a damned BOX!

Because apparently CUSTOMS and BORDER CONTROL is a freeking JOKE...


11 posted on 10/02/2014 3:52:35 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Lurker

The feds are having trouble even keeping the First Family secure. I’m pretty sure we’re hosed.


12 posted on 10/02/2014 3:52:44 PM PDT by RichInOC (Obama: I'm Smart! Not Like Everybody Says...Like Dumb. I'm Smart And I Want Respect!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Check pricing for ROB to DFW. Round trip.


13 posted on 10/02/2014 3:52:46 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And got his Obamaphone.


14 posted on 10/02/2014 3:53:07 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"For the past year, Mr. Duncan had worked as a driver at Safeway Cargo, the Liberian customs clearance agent for FedEx, said Henry Brunson, the company’s manager.
In an office with a large FedEx sign outside the building in downtown Monrovia, Mr. Brunson said that Mr. Duncan quit abruptly on Sept. 4, giving no reason. But Mr. Brunson said he knew that Mr. Duncan had family members in the United States as well."
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/world/africa/ebola-victim-texas-thomas-eric-duncan.html?_r=0
15 posted on 10/02/2014 3:53:36 PM PDT by LTC.Ret (I was Constitutional Conservative when it wasn't Cool)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Phase II of Ebama’s assault on Texas. Phase I was the flood of illegals he allowed in.


16 posted on 10/02/2014 3:53:40 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I read an interview from his boss last night that said Duncan just left his job. This man in Liberia said Duncan was one of his drivers and he gave no indications he was leaving. He said he had no clues where Duncan was until he saw it one the news.


17 posted on 10/02/2014 3:59:36 PM PDT by angelsonmyside
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To: GraceG
Why haven't all the visas for that part of Africa been cancelled?

Why aren't all travelers who have been there being quarantined for 3 weeks upon arrival?

Why is the government knowingly, willingly, and consciously importing a deadly disease? I have never seen anything like this. The country has been fundamentally transformed. Now comes the collapse.

18 posted on 10/02/2014 4:02:20 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Drink your Ovaltine)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would bet he is dead by this time tomorrow. If not already.


19 posted on 10/02/2014 4:03:30 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“quit Sep 4”

what day did he accompany the pregnant girl to the hospital?


20 posted on 10/02/2014 4:03:47 PM PDT by blueplum
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