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‘He Could Have Brought Ebola Here’: Minnesota Widow on Her Husband
daily beast ^ | 7-30-14 | Michael Daly

Posted on 07/30/2014 9:24:09 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

Patrick Sawyer was supposed to be at his kids’ birthday party in a few weeks—but he died of the virus before he could board a flight to Minneapolis. His wife on the epidemic’s toll.

Nigeria felt a chill from the hot zone when a 40-year-old man collapsed and died from the dread Ebola virus after flying there from Liberia.

That hot zone chill now reaches America, with word that the same man was scheduled to fly to Minneapolis in time for an August 16 party celebrating the birthdays of two of his three young daughters.

Patrick Sawyer was a naturalized U.S. citizen who worked for the Finance Ministry of his native Liberia and returned home to his wife and children in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, whenever he could. He almost certainly would have boarded that flight to Minneapolis had he remained at least outwardly healthy enough not to exhibit symptoms.

One nightmare scenario would have been for him to go ahead with the birthday party for his daughters even though he was feeling a little flu-ish and maybe dish out cake and ice cream to his little girls before anybody imagined he might be carrying the deadly virus from distant West Africa.

“He could have brought Ebola here,” his wife, Decontee Sawyer, told The Daily Beast on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: aliens; ebola; immigration; mn

1 posted on 07/30/2014 9:24:09 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni

If there is a blueprint for the downfall of this great country, I wouldn’t doubt that ebola would be a part of it..


2 posted on 07/30/2014 9:27:21 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: TurboZamboni
This could kill 90% of the population of Earth, just like UN Agenda 21 and the global elites want.

The upside is that the global elites don't get to exempt themselves.

3 posted on 07/30/2014 9:30:10 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

check this out:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3186892/posts


4 posted on 07/30/2014 9:32:35 AM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: Mmogamer

Probably just another alien carrying the diseases Americans are unwilling to carry.


5 posted on 07/30/2014 9:33:31 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So the Global Elites invented ebola? And I thought they were too busy putting microchips in people’s heads and controlling weather patterns...


6 posted on 07/30/2014 9:34:02 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

You don’t have to invent something to exploit it.


7 posted on 07/30/2014 9:35:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The thing they also don’t get is that there are enough folks who, once infected and before they became immobile, would go to great lengths to take some of the “elites” with them.


8 posted on 07/30/2014 9:35:43 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The upside is that the global elites don't get to exempt themselves.

Or... they developed a 'cure' and are keeping it to themselves.

9 posted on 07/30/2014 9:38:26 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: TurboZamboni

he was a naturalized citizen.

i’d like to know his politics... because the question is, was he TRYING to bring ebola here


10 posted on 07/30/2014 9:39:59 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten

A naturalized citizen is a foreign national who is granted citizenship in the United States after fulfilling certain requirements. In addition to the United States, many other nations offer naturalization to people who wish to apply for citizenship. The naturalization laws for various countries are typically available through their departments of immigration.

There are two basic categories of United States citizens. A natural citizen is someone born in the United States or born to American parents on foreign soil. A naturalized citizen is someone who was born in a foreign country, but took a series of steps with the end goal of being granted citizenship.

In the United States, you can become a naturalized citizen if you have been a legal resident of the United States for at least five years and you are over the age of 18. In addition, applicants for naturalization must demonstrate “good moral character,” as well as a knowledge of the English language and the history of the United States. The citizenship application process can take anywhere from six months to two years, and once approved, a naturalized citizen has all of the rights and responsibilities of a United States citizen, although he or she is barred from serving in the offices of President and Vice President


11 posted on 07/30/2014 9:43:45 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: sten
i’d like to know his politics... because the question is, was he TRYING to bring ebola here

It generally takes about 10 years or so to go through the naturalization process, depending on a lot of variables. You think he anticipated the 2014 West African ebola outbreak in 2004, and commenced the process in order to get himself infected a decade down the road? That's some kind of prescience! Also, if that were the case, why bother with naturalization? Wouldn't a tourist visa have sufficed?

12 posted on 07/30/2014 9:44:38 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Such things strike incredible fear into them. They’re confident that if the world collapses into strife, they’ll be safe. But disease? No way to ensure you survive.


13 posted on 07/30/2014 9:49:52 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: TurboZamboni

Patrick Sawyer, RIP. You are truly blessed with your sacrifice, following the path of Jesus who comforted lepers.


14 posted on 07/30/2014 9:53:29 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: jimmygrace

What sacrifice did he make?

He got on at least 2 planes having had to feel at least some symptoms. He cared for his sister who died of ebola. He was briefed by medical authorities at the time on the symptoms and what to do. He got on those planes anyway.

He is not a hero in Africa btw. The Nigerians would burn him at the stake if he were still alive, based on comments on some of the message boards there.


15 posted on 07/30/2014 9:56:21 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: TurboZamboni

Obviously it is only a matter of time before Ebola sweeps across the world. Funny this recent flareup occurs just as the USA is embarking on an “Open Borders” policy.


16 posted on 07/30/2014 10:02:00 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: Black Agnes

“The Nigerians would burn him at the stake if he were still alive,...”

This Ebola thing, reminds me of the Bill Cosby routine on “Hoof & Mouth”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSsAm5j05M


17 posted on 07/30/2014 10:17:14 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: UCANSEE2

[ The upside is that the global elites don’t get to exempt themselves.

Or... they developed a ‘cure’ and are keeping it to themselves. ]

I have no doubt about this, or at the very least they have access to drugs like specialized anti-virals that would increase their survival rates if infected from 30% to something like 95%...

Knowing how backstabbing these sort of people are that any “vaccines” they would be passing out during a pandemic would probably some vials of the virus itself, some vials with nothing but saline, and only a few that have the actual vaccine.


18 posted on 07/30/2014 10:21:06 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: Alter Kaker

move in and wait for the opportunity.

the ussr did the same in the 40s, 50s and 60s


19 posted on 07/30/2014 11:29:37 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Resolute Conservative
The thing they also don’t get is that there are enough folks who, once infected and before they became immobile, would go to great lengths to take some of the “elites” with them.

One way would be to catapult diseased corpses or barely alive victims over the walls into their gated communities

20 posted on 07/30/2014 1:20:18 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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