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First US Ebola victim remembered for compassion [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2014 OP

... kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #1

I do NOT share your seniment. Burf-_- Oct 2014 #3

It is, as my mother would have said, extremely kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #5

I disagree with the poster's comment as well. But is it really necessary to insult his or her totodeinhere Oct 2014 #7

I COMPLETELY agree with you Kestrel NO HOME TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY Ecumenist Oct 2014 #9

If he was a drunk driver christx30 Oct 2014 #26

How do you know he lied? Did you interrogate Mr. Duncan? greatlaurel Oct 2014 #38

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Your second Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #48

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I worded that very poorly! Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #55

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Thanks Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #57

I worded that badly Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #54

You don't know that he lied Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #47

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he did not LIE heaven05 Oct 2014 #58

But, wait, he was the black devil incarnate, so the media says, so we must think...please consider Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #2

a terrible punishment for helping a pregnant teen pitohui Oct 2014 #4

Very well stated. My condolences to his family and friends. greatlaurel Oct 2014 #31

And someone actually called him a terrorist right here on DU. Jamastiene Oct 2014 #39

Omaha Steve, thank you so much for your following up on this story. freshwest Oct 2014 #6

Bravo! - nt KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #8

This is misleading. LisaL Oct 2014 #12

From the link, he didn't get what he needed: freshwest Oct 2014 #15

A source for what? LisaL Oct 2014 #18

If I'd seen it, I wouldn't have asked. We've been inundated with 'widely reported' stories from MSM, freshwest Oct 2014 #22

If anyone must be blamed for Ebola it should be the Republicans for their budget slashing and not Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #27

Yes, that is clearly where the blame belongs as they slashed CDC funding by the hundreds of millions freshwest Oct 2014 #34

+2 nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #46

NC repub who called for all who 'looked ' like they have Ebola to be shot on site...this was one of my lunasun Oct 2014 #53

edit: at the NIH facility, Nina Pham has two nurses with her 24x7 magical thyme Oct 2014 #16

CDC's new guidlines call for severly limting stuff. LisaL Oct 2014 #19

I am aware of that as well. the point is that the BCL-4 hospitals used that as part of their protoco magical thyme Oct 2014 #21

Yes, I know that. LisaL Oct 2014 #23

the point is that he did not receive the same level care as others have magical thyme Oct 2014 #24

Do you think all of us receive the best care possible when we go into ER? LisaL Oct 2014 #25

of course not, and I know that in my own experience. But even after he was in the ICU, his magical thyme Oct 2014 #29

So he gotten the same kind of treatment the rest of us do when we go to the regular hospital. LisaL Oct 2014 #32

yes, due to his misfortune of being the first diagnosed ebola patient here magical thyme Oct 2014 #35

Thank you for sharing that Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #49

Lying and causing others to be infected is "compassionate"? FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #10

the family says he didn't know he was infected and that he avoided exposure at all costs magical thyme Oct 2014 #30

His nephew said Mr. Duncan denied even helping the pregnant woman. LisaL Oct 2014 #33

I give more credence to somebody who was there than somebody who wasn't there magical thyme Oct 2014 #36

Per NYT, he helped to carry her. LisaL Oct 2014 #37

Family carried her to the car, sat in back with her while Duncan drove.Then he helped carry her home uppityperson Oct 2014 #40

It certainly appears he had contact with the woman. LisaL Oct 2014 #42

I read that article and didn't see where he said Duncan didn't help her. uppityperson Oct 2014 #43

His nephew here in the US. Read the OP. LisaL Oct 2014 #44

This bit? Thanks, didn't read that. More research, my findings and conclusion. uppityperson Oct 2014 #45

Now that we have the facts, I'm very sad that he died because he potentially could have been saved magical thyme Oct 2014 #11

He was put on ventilator, dialysis and experimental drug. LisaL Oct 2014 #13

I am fully aware of those things. magical thyme Oct 2014 #14

The drug he was on wasn't even tested on animals. LisaL Oct 2014 #17

I am aware of that as well. In vitro, it prevents replication. magical thyme Oct 2014 #20

RIP Mr. Duncan. uppityperson Oct 2014 #41

First Ebola victim? As of now he's the only one tularetom Oct 2014 #52