Then why haven't all the other doctors and nurses in Dallas fallen ill? He saw an ER doc and nurse, then saw more the second visit. He stayed with his family during the first few days of symptoms. Surely these two sick nurses aren't the only ones who cared for him but if we are lucky, they will be the only ones…

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The mortality rate in African countries may rise to 70%, yes, but much of that mortality is due to lack of supportive therapies (IV fluids and BP support) and appropriate quarantining measures. The US is excellent on the first count and we are still finding our way on the second. And I strongly believe the nurse…

The nurses didn't wear protective gear for two full days and were the ones touching his feces and vomit and blood. It is no surprise that they are ill. His family has passed the incubation period and are not sick. The ER nurse and doctor are also through the incubation period. Front line health care workers are at the…

The nurse shouldn't have flown but there is no proof that the Dallas lab worker was in any way at risk.

Thank you. There are so many other junk sweets out there that rate higher. Twinkies will always disappoint.

Well, he certainly looks like the devil...

Needs more misspelled words: 8/10.

There is no known Ebola in Dallas, FWIW. You'll be fine (except you'll be in Dallas, sorry).

Mortality rates and infection rates shouldn't be compared.

Exactly. It's infuriating. I've had to repeat myself over and over to convince my friends that we're fine and they repeatedly come back with arguments. I've posted this before but my husband is an MD and an epidemiologist n TX and he was interviewed on the local news about how low the risk is, etc., and I had the…

I'm so glad for you and absolutely agree. I trust pharmacists quite a bit and would be more than happy to get basic "care" at a Walgreens. My son is getting a flu shot today and we will likely go to Walgreen's or Target.

I'm pretty sure you and I are on the same side of this overall issue but doctors and nurses do not allocate resources differently to different patients. Unless there is law-breaking and major malpractice going on, all patients should be treated equally, whether covered or not. If it turns out that they sent him home…

It really is awful and I fear that Mr. Duncan has been so wrongly vilified. The pictures of him in his bright green shirt should remind us all that he is a human being, who was probably so excited to get here and marry his girlfriend and had hopes and dreams and treated a neighbor with fatal kindness. And we could do…

That's what Liberia says; we don't know for sure that he lied at the airport and he and his family apparently mentioned Ebola at the ER.

I'd like to know why he wasn't sent to a hospital better equipped to care for him but the two nurses were. Perhaps he was too sick by then, I don't know. I feel so sad for his family.

You're right about most of that; people absolutely use the ER for all their care, which is why you are likely now seeing walk-up urgent care clinics proliferating everywhere. (Can't remember why but ACA makes it easier or better for them and obviously reduces ER pressure.) It is criminal that people can't get…

So you think that they suspected he had Ebola and sent him away due to lack of insurance? Have you ever once seen an ER doc or nurse just wandering around, looking for someone's insurance or ability to pay status? No, because they don't have time and it's not their job. It is against the law to refuse treatment to an…

You're right; there is NO proof that he was sent away due to lack of insurance (which is against the law, by the way) and it is obnoxious that people keep spreading that myth. ER docs and nurses have ZERO time between patients to check on someone's insurance status and hospitals must treat patients no matter what.…

I guess my attitude about it is this: Bristol Palin had every advantage and connection handed to her after her family hit the national stage and instead, she ends up, six years later, heavily intoxicated at an Alaskan party. She could have gone to college, she could have worked for a non-profit or done something…