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Liberia to Prosecute Man Who Brought Ebola to US
AP/ABC News ^ | October 2, 2014 | JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH

Posted on 10/02/2014 10:26:03 AM PDT by Raebie

Liberian authorities say they plan to prosecute the man infected with Ebola who brought the disease to the United States, saying he lied on his airport health questionnaire.

With an Ebola crisis raging in West Africa, passengers leaving Liberia are being screened for fever and are asked if they have had contact with anyone infected.

On the questionnaire obtained by The Associated Press, Thomas Eric Duncan answered 'no' to those questions.

Neighbors say Duncan had helped a sick pregnant woman who later died of the disease. Her illness at the time was believed to be pregnancy-related.

Binyah Kesselly, chairman of the board of directors of the Liberia Airport Authority, told reporters Thursday that Duncan will be prosecuted when he returns to Liberia.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola; ebolaoutbreak; firstusebolavictim; liberia; liberiaprosecution; thomasericduncanlied; uspatientzero
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To: Raebie
Duncan will be prosecuted when if he returns to Liberia.
21 posted on 10/02/2014 10:36:02 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
He will ask for asylum here and he will be allowed to stay.

My very first thought. I'd almost suspect this was an arranged excuse but that would be too cynical of me.

Wouldn't it?

22 posted on 10/02/2014 10:36:52 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Raebie

Great. So if he survives, we will be supporting him for years. I’m sure he will seek asylum.


23 posted on 10/02/2014 10:36:59 AM PDT by mouse1
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To: Raebie

Hopefully this will stop flights to the USA from that country in question. I hope so.


24 posted on 10/02/2014 10:37:00 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Raebie

Lying is just Auditioning for a job in the Obama administration


25 posted on 10/02/2014 10:37:06 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Raebie

From what I am reading I don’t know he lied per se.
Says the woman later died of the disease...

They are not very clear as to the sequence of events, nor that he had any way of actually knowing...

That said, at least Liberia asks the questions and makes an attempt at screening...we just welcome them in...


26 posted on 10/02/2014 10:37:41 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: Raebie

Obummer has found Holders replacement-Black and a proven LIAR.


27 posted on 10/02/2014 10:38:35 AM PDT by corbe (mystified)
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To: Raebie
Liberia to Prosecute Man Who Brought Ebola to US

....so please don't cut off our foreign aid....

28 posted on 10/02/2014 10:39:06 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: GraceG

“So Liberia is now more competent in terms of border control than WE are....”

We haven’t had a President concerned about border control since Reagan. Certainly not amnesty pushers Dubya and Obola.


29 posted on 10/02/2014 10:40:25 AM PDT by Pelham ("This is how they do it in Mexico"- California State Motto)
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To: Raebie

Liberia has more sense than our president.


30 posted on 10/02/2014 10:40:40 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Raebie; Velveeta; WildHighlander57; Old Sarge; Mossad1967; brucecw; EnigmaticAnomaly; KylaStarr; ...
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Liberia to Prosecute Man Who Brought Ebola to US

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31 posted on 10/02/2014 10:40:53 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: Raebie
Liberian authorities say they plan to prosecute the man infected with Ebola who brought the disease to the United States, saying he lied on his airport health questionnaire.

Meanwhile, the Obama administration says it will not institute tougher Ebola screening at West African airports because the current screenings are sufficient.

Apparently the Obama administration is certain that no one else will ever lie on an airport health questionnaire.
32 posted on 10/02/2014 10:41:29 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Raebie

“Duncan will be prosecuted when he returns to Liberia”

IF he lives, that statement guarantees him refugee status in the U.S.


33 posted on 10/02/2014 10:43:31 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Raebie

when he returns to Liberia.

He now has immediate refugee status I bet.


34 posted on 10/02/2014 10:43:39 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Delta Dawn

Kinda what I was thinking. Even if he’s cured.

I’ll bet these people who are exposed to eBaola, get on the plane to the only country using medicine to save them from dying. Why not hope a plane?


35 posted on 10/02/2014 10:43:49 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Paine in the Neck

I haven’t followed all this real closely, but I feel like this guy is up to something in addition to having the ebola.
Not sure what.


36 posted on 10/02/2014 10:45:01 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( I think we can now say that they are behind us.)
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To: Starstruck
Not only are we relying on people answering honestly on a form, but we may be relying on nurses 'fully communicating' to a medical team (or for the medical team to open to that full communication):

After being asked by a nurse, Duncan [the Texas ebola patient] did say that he'd traveled from Africa, said Dr. Mark Lester, executive vice president of Texas Health Presbyterian's parent company.

But that detail -- which might have raised an alarm that Duncan might have Ebola, since Liberia is one of the countries hardest hit by the virus -- was not "fully communicated" to the medical team, according to Lester.

Source

Also of note is the video interview of the mayor of Dallas at that site. He's asked whether, in view of the public health issues, whether Dallas would release names of ebola patients to the public. His reply is that no, that Dallas is a law-abiding government, and we have HIPAA regulations here.

37 posted on 10/02/2014 10:45:25 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

True, if he does recover and we try to deport him the CBC will raise hell and cry racism all over the place. No problem with our immigration enforcement, is there? Do you all get the feeling we’re just sitting ducks waiting for a humongous disaster to happen at any time?


38 posted on 10/02/2014 10:47:35 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Rusty0604

He should be prosecuted HERE, where he put people at risk.


39 posted on 10/02/2014 10:48:06 AM PDT by tioga (WFTD...be there or be square.)
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To: Raebie

Well, it won’t solve anything now but it might make future carriers think twice.

We have got to stop traffic from these regions. Ebola is obviously here now, but because of where it is (non-tropical) I think we might have a chance of stopping it. But supposing it comes into a tropical or semi-tropical region of the US?

This man obviously knew or suspected that he had it (because he knew he had been exposed) and he came here because he thought he’d get better care here. I’m sure some of his family knew, too.

That’s criminal in my book.


40 posted on 10/02/2014 10:50:34 AM PDT by livius
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