<p>What I think is that the person who approved his tourist Visa made the first mistake. As for somebody suing the hospital; I don’t think we can simultaneously complain about the climbing cost of healthcare and then advocate suing medical professionals for being human. But, since they will probably settle this is inevitable. </p>
<p>“As for somebody suing the hospital; I don’t think we can simultaneously complain about the climbing cost of healthcare and then advocate suing medical professionals for being human.”</p>
<p>So if this happened, or another hospital/doctor mistake, to your H or kids you wouldn’t sue? </p>
<p>Well, I won’t derail by providing actual facts about how much litigation contributes to the cost of healthcare. But just to be clear – you feel the hospital should bear no financial responsibility for such a grave error?</p>
<p>Well, I’ve never sued a hospital, personally. But, I have most definitely had family members get the wrong diagnosis initially or or had something labeled “unspecified blah-blah, try this.” Which basically means,“We haven’t got a clue. Here, have some steroids.” Maybe, I need a lawyer 
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<p>The error (by which I assume you mean sending him home after the first ER visit) did not cause his death. In order to win a malpractice lawsuit, there has to be negligence, that is, the doctor or hospital’s treatment fell below the standard of care, #1. </p>
<h1>2. That but for the negligence, Mr. Duncan would have survived Ebola. As I said before, this disease has a 60% to 90% death rate. There is no evidence that I’ve read that shows that earlier treatment would have prevented the death.</h1>
<p>The only people who might have a case would be anyone who got Ebola from Duncan and only came in contact with him in the two days between his first ER visit and his subsequent hospitalization. They could say that if the Ebola had been diagnosed earlier, he would have been in the hospital and they would not have had contact with him. </p>
<p>Flossy, obviously not everything whch can go wrong is due to malpractice, but if there was clear evidence that was the case are you telling me you would not sue? </p>
<p>Missing Ebola in the ER is not malpractice, imho. It’s not good though. And, I think there’s no doubt they will sue but it may be for discrimination, not malpractice. And, I think the hospital will probably settle with someone for something to make this go away. </p>
<p>As of October 5th Liberia has had 3925 Ebola cases and 2210 Ebola deaths. I don’t get how anyone can say that this one guy should or shouldn’t have died. Everyone who came into contact with the neighbor girl has Ebola or is already dead. </p>
<p>From a Nancy Wrietbol interview - she was symptomatic for 4 days before she was tested for Ebola (they tested for Malaria) and then by her own account left for another 10 days in isolation. Her family said they were making funeral arrangements. She received 2 doses of ZMapp in Liberia and 1 at Emory. She had to be carried on to the flight. I don’t see where anyone can say that she had some kind of streamlined treatment timeline.</p>
<p><a href=“Science | AAAS”>Science | AAAS;
<p>Jesse Jackson truly is a vile human being. Is there any tragedy he can’t exploit for his own benefit?</p>
<p>quote:</p>
<p>A spokesman for Samaritan’s Purse on Wednesday said Brantly had been contacted by the Dallas hospital treating Duncan to see if he would also be willing to donate blood to him, should their blood types match. Brantly said he definitely would be willing to do so but never heard back after that.</p>
<p>“The assumption is they weren’t a match,” said Samaritan’s Purse spokesman Jeremy Blume. “He was never contacted again.”</p>
<p>Blood type follows geographic patterns. Based on some of the maps below it is not at all unlikely that the blood type of a ginger from the USA would not match that of a native West African. From what I can see type B is much more common in West Africa than many places and more common amongst African Americans as well.</p>
<p><a href=“Blood type distribution by country - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_distribution_by_country</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bloodcenters.org/blood-donation/blood-types-and-the-population/”>http://www.bloodcenters.org/blood-donation/blood-types-and-the-population/</a></p>
<p><a href=“Blood Types Explained - A, B, AB and O | Red Cross Blood Services”>http://www.redcrossblood.org/learn-about-blood/blood-types</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://anthro.palomar.edu/vary/vary_3.htm”>http://anthro.palomar.edu/vary/vary_3.htm</a></p>
<p>I had to look up what “ginger” meant… While the distribution of blood types between countries might be different I’m not so sure hair color has anything to do with it.</p>
<p>The deputy is negative.</p>
<p>That’s great news not only to the deputy, but also to everyone who was in contact with him. </p>
<p>Yes, very good to hear. </p>
<p>It’s unfortunate that there was such a panic when he told the urgent care center he thought he might have ebola. He didn’t have vomiting or diarrhea, did not even a have fever, and there were clients in the center who locked themselves in an examination room, put on masks, and sprayed disinfectant all over their bodies. The scene at the center was like something out of a movie.</p>
<p>First reports were that the patient “claimed to be a direct contact of Mr. Duncan.” As soon as I heard that I thought, “this doesn’t sound right.” If he were a direct contact, the report would have said “a direct contact of Duncan is now symptomatic.” A direct contact would be monitored and would not need to go to a minor emergency clinic, he’d be in touch with his CDC contact who takes his temp every day. </p>
<p>Then we were told it was a deputy who had never laid eyes on Duncan, much less come into direct contact with him. </p>
<p>It sounds like this man’s imagination got the best of him. It’s a shame that he didn’t have support from a source who could have educated him and addressed his fears properly. In retrospect, these deputies should probably have received a referral to a local CDC contact after it became known that they entered the apartment before it had been disinfected.</p>
<p>I have a question. If one KNEW they were exposed to Ebola, why wouldn’t one state clearly “I was exposed to Ebola” It is not exactly a secret that he was assisting a person with Ebola at home in Liberia. </p>
<p>^^^It’s being asserted by some that he actually didn’t know that the woman he assisted (and supposedly drove to two different ebola clinics before returning home with her) had ebola. </p>
<p>There are questions about what he knew and when he knew it. But, if one wanted to get on a plane I don’t know who would say yes to that question. Self-reporting doesn’t make a lick of sense whatever happened in this case.</p>
<p>“that’s great news not only to the deputy, but also to everyone who was in contact with him.”</p>
<p>Indeed. </p>
<p>But, I still wonder why anyone who even thought they might somehow have gotten infected, wouldn’t go immediately to a hospital ER? I have gone to urgent care before but never for anything I thought might possibly be serious enough that I would need hospitalization or was life threatening. And it can’t be possible that anyone in the Dallas area is completely unaware of Ebola now and that it is contagious - especially someone who was involved in Dallas Ebola guy’s case - however tangentially. I just find it mind boggling he would go to a Doc In The Box first. </p>
<p>Actually, I think at this point I would call the CDC and/or my doctor’s office–assuming I had a doctor–and let them put something together without leaving the house. But I would also make arrangements to have my dog taken care of first, because no way would I let them kill her for no reason.</p>