Was Thomas Duncan Initially Turned Away From The Hospital Because He's Black And Uninsured?

[Farmbrook]

50. 88 people and 125 people die from gun violence and lack of health insurance everyday respectively

Which cannot be compared to Ebola.The broader discuss should be about Americans working with no sick days and illegal immigrants that may fear going to the hospital because of deportation. I am not surprised as to the lack of understanding of the broader picture. I am a first generation immigrant that has lived in this country close to 30 years. Furthermore, I am educated with a graduate degree and originally from Africa. Not only do I face discrimination as a black person but further because of my accent and my origin people tend to quickly dismiss me. I can see how Mr. Duncan could could have been over looked. Of course when you speak with an accent especially of an African tongue, people immediately dismiss you as uneducated and cannot speak the language. The fact that Mr. Duncan is on a visa likely shows that he may not have health insurance. Years ago I can attest going to the ER with no insurance. As soon as people hear your African accent people feign stupidity. I was given two tylenol and sent home only to return with worsening conditions followed later with an astronomical bill. Who knows whether I was dismissed so quickly because of the color of my skin or my accent That is why I say, rather than worrying unnecessarily about Ebola, you should be worried about dying by gun violence and lack of health insurance.

If people are so worried about ebola then let us clamor for Universal health care and legalize the status of illegal immigrants so that we can bring everyone out of the shadows and make it easier for people not to lie and endangering more people. Because it is likely that an illegal immigrant may not go to the hospital if he or she knows that for one thing the hospital might report them to ICE and be deported or a sick person with no sick day might risk going to work just to pay their rent. An infected person might stay in the shadows and continue to infect innocent people which can quickly escalate it to an epidemic.

People, let us start connecting the dots rather than being hysterical over the minutia and address the broader issues.