[Aliska]

I don't want to believe there was any nefarious reason Duncan died or wasn't treated like anyone else in his condition. His treatment was very delayed, and there were other factors like no ZMapp and no matching blood type. It sounds like the hospital staff did everything humanly possible to save his life.

It may be that the sooner this disease is caught, under competent medical treatment, the better your chances to survive.

However, it is true that had he survived, the floodgates would probably have opened to sick people. They've already opened anyway.

[Ancesthntr]

I don’t want to believe there was any nefarious reason Duncan died or wasn’t treated like anyone else in his condition. His treatment was very delayed, and there were other factors like no ZMapp and no matching blood type. It sounds like the hospital staff did everything humanly possible to save his life.

It may be that the sooner this disease is caught, under competent medical treatment, the better your chances to survive.

However, it is true that had he survived, the floodgates would probably have opened to sick people. They’ve already opened anyway.

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Spot on. Duncan was likely too far gone - remember, he got turned away while already sick, and didn’t get admitted until 2 days later while violently vomiting. At that point he was a dead man walking, IMHO. While I understand his personal motivation in coming here - to get treated - the fact is that he got at least 1 other person infected, which is attemted murder, and there may be many others (including his own family). And he knew that would happen. IOW, it was an act of supreme selfishness.