10-02-2014, 02:54 PM
From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...place.html
The half-brother of Thomas Eric Duncan said today that his brother did not intentionally come to America with the deadly virus.
Mr Duncan, a Liberian national, is currently in Texas Presbyterian Hospital in a stable condition with Ebola.
Wilfred Smallwood (pictured above) told CNN that his brother, who he had not seen in nine years, had been planning to come to the U.S. for a long time and had only just received his visa.
Mr Smallwood's son is one of those quarantined in Dallas. Mr Smallwood, who lives in Phoenix, said today he was very worried for his son and his brother but couldn't understand why Texas Presbyterian Hospital had let him leave.
Despite his half-brother's protestations, it was also alleged on Thursday that Mr Duncan lied on airport forms which asked if he had come in contact with an Ebola sufferer.
Mr Smallwood said his brother was unaware that a seven months' pregnant woman he helped to hospital was suffering from Ebola.
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Still, if you have to carry a convulsing pregnant woman to the hospital, wouldn't you question *why* she was convulsing (in the article)? Also, I too wonder how some of the healthcare workers have acquired the virus with the precautions they have been trained to use. There is also a report of a cameraman that has contracted the virus while there (http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/health/ebo...index.html). I wonder how he contracted it, as his job was to stand back and film--not treat infected individuals.
I wonder how easily it can be spread as well. We arrive at our new home (there in Puna) next week. Kind of nervous about flying anyways, now this....*sigh*
Best wishes
The half-brother of Thomas Eric Duncan said today that his brother did not intentionally come to America with the deadly virus.
Mr Duncan, a Liberian national, is currently in Texas Presbyterian Hospital in a stable condition with Ebola.
Wilfred Smallwood (pictured above) told CNN that his brother, who he had not seen in nine years, had been planning to come to the U.S. for a long time and had only just received his visa.
Mr Smallwood's son is one of those quarantined in Dallas. Mr Smallwood, who lives in Phoenix, said today he was very worried for his son and his brother but couldn't understand why Texas Presbyterian Hospital had let him leave.
Despite his half-brother's protestations, it was also alleged on Thursday that Mr Duncan lied on airport forms which asked if he had come in contact with an Ebola sufferer.
Mr Smallwood said his brother was unaware that a seven months' pregnant woman he helped to hospital was suffering from Ebola.
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Still, if you have to carry a convulsing pregnant woman to the hospital, wouldn't you question *why* she was convulsing (in the article)? Also, I too wonder how some of the healthcare workers have acquired the virus with the precautions they have been trained to use. There is also a report of a cameraman that has contracted the virus while there (http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/health/ebo...index.html). I wonder how he contracted it, as his job was to stand back and film--not treat infected individuals.
I wonder how easily it can be spread as well. We arrive at our new home (there in Puna) next week. Kind of nervous about flying anyways, now this....*sigh*
Best wishes
Best wishes