Why does Duncan remind me of this guy?
Posted on 10/26/2014 8:28:48 PM PDT by RightGeek
You may think you know the details of what happened in Dallas. But 60 Minutes asks you to think again.
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley sat down with four of the nurses who treated Thomas Duncan, the initial Ebola patient.
Here’s what we learned.
1. Whether intentionally or not, Duncan misled authorities about his exposure to Ebola.
When Duncan first presented to the hospital on September 25, he didn’t specify that he’d come from Liberia or even West Africa — the center of the Ebola outbreak.
Duncan only said he’d returned from “Africa,” which could’ve meant one of dozens of nations, most of them far from the Ebola outbreak. Perhaps the nurses could’ve pressed him further. But with Duncan’s symptoms not that severe yet, and with no real reason to think he had Ebola, they sent him home.
After Duncan was re-admitted to the hospital three days later, significantly sicker, the hospital suspected Ebola might be the cause. But even then, Duncan wasn’t wholly honest. He said he hadn’t been exposed to anyone who was sick from Ebola, even though later reports revealed that Duncan had bravely helped carry an Ebola-infected woman to a local hospital in Liberia.
Duncan also told a nurse that he’d buried his daughter who died in childbirth — but he said that she hadn’t died from Ebola. Duncan later denied the story to federal officials.
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After Duncan was re-admitted to the hospital three days later, significantly sicker, the hospital suspected Ebola might be the cause. But even then, Duncan wasn’t wholly honest.
That's the end of the lawsuit his Gibsmedat relatives have been fantasizing about.
Scott Pelly sees the handwriting on the wall.
Reporting that patient Duncan lied undermines the CDC narrative which appears designed not to interfere with ongoing immigration, from Africa and across our southern border. So, they did go off the plantation to an extent, and I’m very surprised. Obama must be more of a drag on Democrats in the upcoming election than we know because they just threw somebody under the bus. CDC, national. It lands in Obama’s lap.
reading this makes me have more contempt and disgust for the doctor who ran around nyc and now the nurse bitching about being quarantined...they are lucky someone doesn’t give tham a punch in the face....wait till a mobster gets ebola, I wouldn’t want to be the official that did not stop air flights or didn’t impose quarantines..
Looks that way, doesn’t it.
What ten minutes in an ER and some common sense will tell you is that triage nurses see it all and hear it all. They are probably the least racist people in the world. But they do not suffer fools.
Of course they sent him home. Do you think if he told them I was caring for an ebola patient two days ago they might have raised an eyebrow?
This guy’s death is his own fault.
Exactly what I’ve said all along, the hospital should be suing Duncan’s relatives and fiance for bringing him to their hospital in the first place since he knew he had ebola.
We've had an occasional disagreement here on FR over the past few months, none of which were over major issues. On this matter, though, all I can say is an unqualified and very hearty:
Or, maybe he lied about totally unrelated incidents (not a good thing in any case)...
I read that the pregnant women go to the clinics for their prenatal care and contract the disease from contamination in one way or another at the clinic :(
I imagine it makes a nice stew for any virus that hit the skin’s surface to spread further. Dry skin seems to me to be a harsher environment for the virus.
Oh, well. It's not as if anybody watches 60 Minutes anymore. Least of all not low-information voters.
I have a bone marrow disease. I had two doctor’s visits last week for treatment, one at the hospital, one at the doctor’s office.
Both times, I was asked pointedly specific questions about West Africa, people I’ve met or had contact with, etc., even though I’d been to the same appointments the week before and the week before, and the week before, etc., and have been asked the same questions for several weeks running now.
I find it hard to fathom that Duncan told the truth, because if I had answered yes, it would have meant immediate quarantine in either case (I asked). This has been going on for longer than he has been in the US if reports about him were right.
Don’t worry. Panty Waist Cuomo has just revised the “quarantine” Procedures for NY.
Now the person can quarantine “at home” for 21 days with full contact with family and friends. Health workers will check their condition “twice a day”.
Why bother.
Especially so close to the elections.
That must mean the bad news that we know they are withholding until after the election must be REALLY bad news.
This article puts to rest a great many misconceptions I’ve had about the nurses and doctors involved in this case. I’m enormously relieved.
It required a good dea of courage for these people to volunteer to care for this patient. I’m not certain that I would have it.
60 Minutes has less credibility than the Weekly World News.
The brand is obsolete, and occasionally practicing journalism won't bring it back.
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