As the family of michael e. duncan, the Liberian man who came to this country apparently knowing the likelihood he had ebola, complains that his hospital care was not first-rate enough, we now find out that one of the hospital workers has contracted the ebola virus from him.
Think of it as a parting “gift” from duncan, who, if he had lived and returned to Liberia, would have been put on trial for lying about the contact he had with ebola victims on a health form. And don\’t expect any apologies from the family which, you can bet, will now sue the hospital.
There will be a press conference today at which time we presumably will know more details about the health worker. I doubt that those details will, or can, include how much contact he/she had with family/friends/relatives.
What we do know is that a deadly virus is here; one that we are almost completely unprepared to deal with.
Should we be worried? You\’re damn right we should be.
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UPDATE: we now know that the new ebola victim is a female nurse. And, according to reports, while in the presence of duncan, she was in full protective clothing. More to come, of course.
