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scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/8/2014 minkbunny said:
On 10/8/2014 GrettaGarbled said:
On 10/8/2014 minkbunny said:
What is frightening is nothing that the greatest medical minds on Earth could do for him helped. He was even given a blood transfusion by the surviving ebola doctor who was first treated here. How scary that we could be overcome with something, here in this great land, that no one could treat.

It is frightening. Think about those two children who succumbed to enterovirus. We don't know Mr. Duncan's medical history. He could have been compromised as a result of his living conditions in Liberia. The news has shown the village and the room he rented. Primitive.

True, he may have been compromised - and I agree that the enterovirus is beyond scary.

Let me correct (perhaps) my earlier comment. I believe Dr. Brantly was donating blood to the free lance journalist. Perhaps he did so as well to the Dallas patient, I am not sure. Had this man not been turned away from the hospital and sent back home, the outcome might have been more favorable - we will never know.

I made a similar comment on the thread dedicated to Duncan.

GrettaGarbled · ‎09-25-2014

On 10/8/2014 minkbunny said:
On 10/8/2014 GrettaGarbled said:
I think the Brantly serum was used on both.

I am sure that if requested and felt to have been a benefit, Dr. Brantly would have certainly donated. He is such a compassionate man and very grateful for his treatment and survival.

He certainly is.

GrettaGarbled · ‎09-25-2014

On 10/8/2014 scotttie said:
On 10/8/2014 minkbunny said:
On 10/8/2014 GrettaGarbled said:
On 10/8/2014 minkbunny said:
What is frightening is nothing that the greatest medical minds on Earth could do for him helped. He was even given a blood transfusion by the surviving ebola doctor who was first treated here. How scary that we could be overcome with something, here in this great land, that no one could treat.

It is frightening. Think about those two children who succumbed to enterovirus. We don't know Mr. Duncan's medical history. He could have been compromised as a result of his living conditions in Liberia. The news has shown the village and the room he rented. Primitive.

True, he may have been compromised - and I agree that the enterovirus is beyond scary.

Let me correct (perhaps) my earlier comment. I believe Dr. Brantly was donating blood to the free lance journalist. Perhaps he did so as well to the Dallas patient, I am not sure. Had this man not been turned away from the hospital and sent back home, the outcome might have been more favorable - we will never know.

I made a similar comment on the thread dedicated to Duncan.

It was a mistake, for sure on the hospital's part. I don't think we can know if he would have lived. NYC is sending actors to different hospitals faking ebola symptons to assess their readiness.

goodstuff · ‎03-09-2010

I am sorry to hear of the death today of Mr. Duncan, the ebola patient who has been hospitalized in Dallas. I heard on the news last night that the pregnant woman he had been in contact with in Liberia -- the one he helped into a taxi when she was ill -- wasn't diagnosed with ebola until after he had already traveled to the U.S. Many people thought he lied on the questionnaire at the airport and came to America knowing that he had been directly exposed to ebola. In fact, there has been talk of filing criminal charges against him. But maybe that is not the case......

GrettaGarbled · ‎09-25-2014

Goodstuff- Someone posted a link to a Dallas newspaper that indicated Mr. Duncan had this trip already planned and that his ticket was purchased prior to him helping the pregnant woman. It may have been terrier who posted it.

Preds · ‎12-17-2012

On 10/8/2014 GoodStuff said:
I am sorry to hear of the death today of Mr. Duncan, the ebola patient who has been hospitalized in Dallas. I heard on the news last night that the pregnant woman he had been in contact with in Liberia -- the one he helped into a taxi when she was ill -- wasn't diagnosed with ebola until after he had already traveled to the U.S. Many people thought he lied on the questionnaire at the airport and came to America knowing that he had been directly exposed to ebola. In fact, there has been talk of filing criminal charges against him. But maybe that is not the case......

I also heard a news report that they thought the woman had malaria and that is why she was turned away and returned home, unfortunetly to die.

Fate whispers to her, "You cannot withstand the storm." She whispers back, "I am the storm."

Buck-i-Nana · ‎09-28-2010

On 10/8/2014 minkbunny said:
What is frightening is nothing that the greatest medical minds on Earth could do for him helped. He was even given a blood transfusion by the surviving ebola doctor who was first treated here. How scary that we could be overcome with something, here in this great land, that no one could treat.

It is frightening, but it's nothing new in that with every illness people respond differently to the treatments. There are those who die from the flu, cancers, other illnesses while others survive.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

I was one who believed that Mr. Duncan was going to make it. Perhaps, as others have stated, had he gotten treatment from the beginning (his first visit where they sent him home from the hospital) things would have been different. If nothing else, I hope the medical community can learn things from his case that may help save others.

goodstuff · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/8/2014 minkbunny said:
What is frightening is nothing that the greatest medical minds on Earth could do for him helped. He was even given a blood transfusion by the surviving ebola doctor who was first treated here. How scary that we could be overcome with something, here in this great land, that no one could treat.

Unfortunately, there are many things that "the greatest medical minds on Earth" cannot fix! People die every day from cancer, heart disease, Alzhemer's, communicable diseases, and more. This is the thing that makes our officials' constant reassurances that "we can handle ebola" less than convincing. It is a bad virus that can spread widely, has no cure, and kills many people.