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US Ebola Patient was Former FedEx Worker Who Decided to 'Just Go' to US After Firing
Breitbart's Big Peace ^ | October 2, 2014 | Frances Martel

Posted on 10/02/2014 3:44:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

As the international media and law enforcement authorities begin to investigate how a man who had contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia came to arrive in Texas, new details are surfacing about Thomas Eric Duncan and his voyage to the United States. Before coming to America to visit family, Duncan worked at a FedEx from which he was dismissed, after which he decided to "just go" to Texas.

According to new details given to the Liberian Observer by someone close to Duncan, Duncan did not leave Liberia with any outward symptoms of the disease. His decision to leave the country, according to the source, followed his dismissal from a job at FedEx Liberia, in early September. “By then, he had already received a visa to visit a relative in Texas (USA), so he decided to just go,” according to the source.

The Observer does not note that the source elaborated on what he meant-- whether Duncan had decided to "just go" and attempt to stay in the United States or take advantage of the lack of work hours to leave the country. He also did not discuss the job at FedEx or, specifically, whether the job exposed him to items and packages that could be sent worldwide. Without a job, however, it would be slightly more unreasonable to consider taking a vacation, only to return to unemployment....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: dallas; ebola; epidemic; fedex; firstusebolavictim; immigration; liberia; pandemic; texas; thomasduncan; uspatientzero
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To: GraceG
WHY THE HOLY HE-DOUBLE-HOCKEY STICKS ARE WE JUST RUBBER STAMING VIASA FROM LIBWERA SINCE THE DAMNED OUTBREAK STARTED???????

Because we live in a "global world," according to The Commie's press flack.

No kidding.

21 posted on 10/02/2014 4:05:16 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: blueplum

I’m guessing the hospital trip was Sept 3rd . . .

He KNEW he was EXPOSED.

People around him were DYING DAILY.

He KNEW there was NO ROOM at his LOCAL hospital.

He KNEW that IF he stayed THERE he would DIE.

He KNEW that the AMERICANS who were treated HERE LIVED.

He knowingly and willingly FLED his INFECTED SELF to the USA for TREATMENT.

We are now facing flesh-and-blood “EBOLA BOMBS” as people who KNOW they are incubation disease FLEE to US for treatment.

IF we don’t SHUT DOWN travel to the US from infected countries, it will be EVERYWHERE soon.


22 posted on 10/02/2014 4:09:41 PM PDT by LTC.Ret (I was Constitutional Conservative when it wasn't Cool)
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To: blueplum

Good Question!


23 posted on 10/02/2014 4:09:55 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

WTF! So you get fired or dismiss you either behead or spread an act of love around. I Pray this is not going to be the norm.


24 posted on 10/02/2014 4:09:56 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: LTC.Ret
I’m guessing the hospital trip was Sept 3rd . . .

Nope. The 15th.

He flew out on the 19th, apparently on a ticket purchased on September 2 Certainly his visa application process probably started back in July or before.

http://gotnews.com/exclusive-gotnews-com-leaked-flight-info-ebola-dallas-patient/

25 posted on 10/02/2014 4:15:37 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: JoanneSD
His trip cost him $1400.00 dollars, and I am sure Fed Ex had him insured and he is on cobra ins at this moment..

COBRA is a US law. Who knows what kinds of insurance-continuation law they have in Liberia....

26 posted on 10/02/2014 4:27:09 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: LTC.Ret
I’m guessing the hospital trip was Sept 3rd . . . We are now facing flesh-and-blood “EBOLA BOMBS” as people who KNOW they are incubation disease FLEE to US for treatment.

IF we don’t SHUT DOWN travel to the US from infected countries, it will be EVERYWHERE soon.

I believe you have the correct sequence of events and the very likely outcome if we do not act as you suggest.

27 posted on 10/02/2014 4:27:48 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: LTC.Ret

Exactly right.


28 posted on 10/02/2014 4:29:59 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He decided to ‘Just go’ and we decided to ‘Just let him in’.


29 posted on 10/02/2014 4:34:37 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: RichInOC

Most of us are more concerned about our families than the First Family.

The latter can easily be replaced.


30 posted on 10/02/2014 4:37:53 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Does anyone here (besides me) believe that that we may be under attack with germ warfare....?

Biological warfare...?

look at the facts- diseases from Central America, including TB, Entervirus, scabies, etc....

And now this- the creme de le creme- EBOLA,for Godsakes, a level 5 hot virus coming to a town near you.

God help us.....

31 posted on 10/02/2014 4:44:04 PM PDT by Victor (If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert." -David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister)
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To: LTC.Ret

He knew he was sick and would get better care in the US


32 posted on 10/02/2014 4:56:15 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought he worked for UPS?


33 posted on 10/02/2014 4:57:02 PM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest

‘He quite’ his job first week in September.


34 posted on 10/02/2014 5:02:22 PM PDT by caww
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To: Victor

Days before he became the first person diagnosed with Ebola on American soil,Duncan answered “no” to questions about whether he had cared for a patient with the deadly virus.
Before leaving Liberia,

.... Duncan also answered “no” to a question about whether he had touched the body of someone who died in an area affected by the disease,..... said Binyah Kesselly, board chairman of the ‘Liberia Airport Authority’.

These people continue to change their stories....they cannot be trusted.


35 posted on 10/02/2014 5:13:34 PM PDT by caww
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To: Dacula

If the guy lives the Liberian authority “will seek to prosecute” if Duncan lied on his health screening questionnaire before leaving West Africa.

This could mean deportation and the family members know this so they are not going to be forthcoming with any “right” information about him or themselves if it looks like it could go against them.

I’ve listened to Duncans brother with reporters now on two seperate occasions....his story keep changing.


36 posted on 10/02/2014 5:18:02 PM PDT by caww
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To: LTC.Ret

I agree with your post and wonder also, if he does live, how many will find out and try to follow in his footsteps? If they can get here, that is.


37 posted on 10/02/2014 5:22:29 PM PDT by knak (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing)
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To: caww

He was planning on getting some of that Zmapp and staying here.


38 posted on 10/02/2014 5:23:15 PM PDT by dforest
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To: 353FMG

Oh, absolutely right. But as I say, these guys are dreadful enough about taking care of the VIPs. How serious do you think they are about taking care of us peons?


39 posted on 10/02/2014 5:23:56 PM PDT by RichInOC (Obama: I'm Smart! Not Like Everybody Says...Like Dumb. I'm Smart And I Want Respect!)
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To: dforest

I saw both UPS and FedEx. Maybe they have some combined operations in the smaller foreign nations.


40 posted on 10/02/2014 5:25:09 PM PDT by Rockpile
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