There is also the possibility that the healthcare workers who had contact with him did not clue into the fact that Liberia is in Africa.
Many, many people, including the quote unquote educated, do not keep up with world events.
FWIW, I said this days ago.
From Lucianne via Ann Barnhardt -
http://www.barnhardt.biz/2014/10/04/he-said-he-was-from-liberia-not-africa/
“He said he was from Liberia, not Africa…”
From this thread over at Lucianne.com. Emphases mine.
Reply 29 – Posted by: gone2pot, 10/3/2014 5:50:33 PM (No. 10030644)
It´s us. We are the reason for the panic. We vote for it, educate our kids with it, watch it on TV, “like” and “follow” it, and listen to its music. Here´s anecdotal evidence; my wife´s hospital is caddy corner to Dallas Presby, home of the ebola incident. The docs at her hospital left Presby to start a new, less screwed up system. So, they know Presby and keep in contact with former colleagues. Well, according to the old Presby docs, the thirty-something Dallas Presby nurse´s answer to the CDC was, “He said he was from Liberia, not Africa.” So, next time you want to believe the tin foil hat conspiracy theory answer, remember instead that we ARE that stupid and our stupidity is why we create the cases for panic.