Ebola in Dallas

Obama made his position clear during illegal immigration discussions that folks DO NOT come to the United States because of the special and free services that they are certain to receive.

It's apparently a coincidence.




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Originally posted by: DonDiego
Patient Zero, Thomas Eric Duncan, is a Citizen of Liberia. [DonDiego supposed this was the case when the CDC spokesperson refused to disclose the nationality of the patient in the earlier news conference.]

He flew to the USA from Monrovia to Brussels to Dulles to Dallas.

"He caught it, according to the New York Times, helping carry a heavily pregnant neighbor back from the hospital where she was turned away from the overflowing Ebola ward. The 19-year-old girl died that night, early on Sept. 16. Her 21-year-old brother, who also helped carry her, died a week later in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. Duncan, by contrast, has a whole ward to himself in Dallas and a team of top doctors.
Duncan flew to the U.S. on Sept. 19 and exhibited the first symptoms of Ebola four or five days later. For weeks his sister, Mai Wureh, a nurse from Charlotte, N.C., and his mother, who was in Texas when family members spoke to her three weeks ago, had been desperately trying to get Duncan out of Liberia and over to the U.S., fearing for his life."
Ref: Time.com

So he flew to the US "fearing for his life." DonDiego wouldn't be surprised if he flew to the United States knowing he'd receive treatment for ebola, . . . which he now is.

Hmm, . . . DonDiego wonders if anyone else who fears he may have been exposed to the virus may enter the US similarly. Nah ! It's just a fluke. Couldn't happen again, . . . in a million years.

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The Administration in Washington has foreseen DonDiego's concern.

"White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters today that, after the Ebola case in Dallas, the Obama administration reminded border law enforcment agencies of 'protocol' to deal with people that appear to have symptoms of Ebola. Earnest also said that there 'are screening procedures in place at our border.'
'In light of this incident,' Earnest said at his daily briefing, 'the administration has taken the step of recirculating our guidance to law enforcement agencies that are responsible for securing the border, to those agencies that represent individuals who staff the airline industry, and to medical professionals all across the country to make sure that people are aware that there is an important protocol that should be implemented if an individual presents with symptoms that are consistent with Ebola.' "
Ref: The Weekly Standard

Ahh, . . . DonDiego feels much safer now. The Obama is on the case.


Just be thankful he didn't have 4oz of shampoo in his carry-on bag. Now, that would have been a catastrophe.
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Originally posted by: snidely333
Just be thankful he didn't have 4oz of shampoo in his carry-on bag. Now, that would have been a catastrophe.


Just think, he could've been turned away for that
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Originally posted by: jatki99
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Originally posted by: snidely333
Just be thankful he didn't have 4oz of shampoo in his carry-on bag. Now, that would have been a catastrophe.


Just think, he could've been turned away for that


You can cough up blood but don't have 4oz of shampoo.

Now Mr. Duncan is in serious trouble !

"Liberia plans to prosecute the airline passenger who brought Ebola into the U.S., alleging that he lied on an airport questionnaire about not having any contact with an infected person, authorities said Thursday.
'We expect people to do the honorable thing,' said Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the board of directors of the Liberia Airport Authority in Monrovia. The agency took the case to the Ministry of Justice, which will formally prosecute it."
Ref: Dallas Morning News

DonDiego trusts that Mr. Kesselly has learned his lesson, . . . not to count on people doing the honorable thing.
My suggestion is we immediately end this threat by carpet bombing Texas with nukes.
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Originally posted by: malibber2
My suggestion is we immediately end this threat by carpet bombing Texas with nukes.


That seems a bit extreme.
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Originally posted by: snidely333
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Originally posted by: malibber2
My suggestion is we immediately end this threat by carpet bombing Texas with nukes.


That seems a bit extreme.


Yep. Just start with Dallas. This isn't the Andromeda Strain.
Wouldn't we at least have to hit Ft Worth too?

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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
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Originally posted by: snidely333
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Originally posted by: malibber2
My suggestion is we immediately end this threat by carpet bombing Texas with nukes.


That seems a bit extreme.


Yep. Just start with Dallas. This isn't the Andromeda Strain.


"Patient With Ebola-like Symptoms Being Treated at Howard University Hospital in D.C."

Ref: NBC Washington

Ahh, . . . D.C. The town so sublime they named it one time.
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