Mr. Duncan has died ... BREAKING NOW...

[ChisolmTrailDem]

Texas Health Presbyterian has just announced that Mr Duncan has died as a result of ebola...

Breaking now on MSNBC

May he rest in peace.

[City Lights]

2. FYI, his name was Thomas Duncan.

On edit - I see his middle name was Eric. I have previously only known of him by his first and last name.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. Yes, Thomas Eric Duncan. nt

[Stellar]

3. R.I.P.

[seabeyond]

5. three threads later and the wrong name. you are quick to make accusations. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. So, his name isn't Eric? Also, for your information, my thread was the first, while

you're being insulting. Also, I really like how you focus on me when a man has just died.

[nashville_brook]

12. both are correct -- Eric was his middle name.

[TorchTheWitch]

45. more than that he was called Eric by family and friends

Apparently, that was the name he preferred to use.

[seabeyond]

15. cause you are so ready to insult people as being their worse. i find that.... bothersome.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

19. Was his name also Eric or not and why are you focusing on me when a man has just died? nt

[seabeyond]

21. geeez.... really?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

23. That was my reaction to your first post. nt

[seabeyond]

25. you post 1 min, or 30 sec, 15 ahead of two threads. you have the wrong name. that you admit by

changing to Mr. not thomas cause that would be acknowledge of your error. and you accuse people of not caring. why? cause it went below those two threads, a tad behind you, so you needed to kick.

then you accuse me specifically of not caring.

who is the reactionist? who is making accusations to a board as a whole, and me specifically, cause your OP was not acknowledged, though the others were.

and THAT is why i posted.

but carry on make this about you.

i am done kicking your damn thread, for you.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

27. Now my thread reporting the death of a man is my "damn thread" ... Also,

I wonder what I would come up with if I compiled a list of your insulting posts....hmmmm...

You made it about me with your very first post. At that point, you weren't showing concern for the death of Mr. Duncan.

I changed it to Mr. Duncan so people like you wouldn't focus on me using the man's name "Eric". But, please do carry on and you are welcome to not bump my damn thread.

[snooper2]

28. this sub-thread is weird LOL

[ChisolmTrailDem]

30. Just more hate directed at me for any reason that can be imagined. nt

[zappaman]

43. You better believe it!

[seabeyond]

34. lol. ya. it is. outta here. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

38. See ya! nt

[Paper Roses]

29. Was this wise crack really necessary? Geeze, we all make mistakes. n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

31. It's the way I'm treated here. And when I react, I get blamed for being the asshole. So,

it's the reaction that matters, not the reason for the reaction.

Also, the man's name was Thomas ERIC Duncan. Soooooo....

[seabeyond]

32. was it really necessary to say that all du does not care a man died?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

35. I thought you were done kicking my "DAMN THREAD"? nt

[bklyncowgirl]

6. Very sad. If the hospital had done it's job in the first place he might have lived

You never know what would have happened, but this was bungled from the start. He did not get the care he needed.

[LisaL]

14. Not unique to US.

The nurse in Spain wasn't admitted at first either.

[RockaFowler]

7. That poor man

Rest in Peace Mr Duncan

[bullwinkle428]

8. SHIT. I hope to god the rest of his family will be okay.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

13. I do too. I'm a little worried about those who were in the apartment with him. Hope

they will all prove to be well.

[MoonchildCA]

40. At least they are being monitored.

And will get treatment in a timely manner.

[LisaL]

10. He was showing signs of improvement yesterday.

So I had hope he was going to make it.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

16. I was hoping he would make it, LisaL. ...

[yeoman6987]

37. Same with cancer.

You have a good day or two and all hope returns only to die soon after. So sad how our bodies work sometimes.

[TorchTheWitch]

46. I was always hoping he would make it but

I didn't have much hope from the start. Most people don't live through it. I didn't have much hope in the experimental antiviral and worried that because it was hard on the body to take that that in itself would have ended up doing more harm than good. When I read he'd been put on a ventilator and was getting dialysis I didn't see it as a good sign. Only his kidneys started to improve because of the dialysis, but it was more the ventilator that worried me. I just couldn't take it as a good sign and had a terrible gut feeling it was going to be the end for him.

If there's a bright side though he lasted much much longer in the hospital than I would have expected especially considering how bad off he was when finally getting treatment.

Some people end up surviving with no treatment while others don't getting the best care, and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Just a crap shoot.

[TeeYiYi]

11. .

TYY

[ChisolmTrailDem]

22. So, you hoped Arne Duncan had died? I switched it to Mr. Duncan so the comments

about me calling him by his name, Eric, would stop.

[SidDithers]

26. You're dissapointed that Arne Duncan is still alive...

Holy fuck.

Sid

[etherealtruth]

18. RIP to Mr Duncan and all those suffering/ dying from ebola

[Catherine Vincent]

20. Oh wow

RIP.

I feel bad for his family in Dallas.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

24. He came here to be married too :( nt

[TorchTheWitch]

47. that really gets me, too

He had such big plans for his future.

[uppityperson]

33. RIP Mr Duncan, condolences to family and friends.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

36. I had myself convinced he would survive. Condolences, indeed uppityperson. nt

[Stardust]

39. My heart hurts for him and his family. R. I. P. , Mr. Duncan. nt

[Dorian Gray]

41. I feel terrible

for him, for his family and for his loved ones.

I've seen a lot of anger at him for "Lying" to get here. I don't know that is the case. I just feel saddened that anyone has to deal with this, and I hope that his family and loved ones don't come down with any symptoms in the next couple of weeks.

[Gothmog]

42. The delay in treatment may be responsible

There will be a lawsuit due to the initial denial of treatment

[TorchTheWitch]

48. I just read that he wasn't even tested for Ebola until

two days after he was finally admitted to hospital. WTF???

http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-patient-thomas-eric-duncan-dies-at-dallas-hospital-201613535.html
Texas Health Presbyterian immediately isolated Duncan upon his second arrival at the hospital. According to the Dallas Morning News, the hospital may have violated federal guidelines by delaying a blood test for Ebola.

According to the report, other testing and blood work was done first to rule out other causes. The Ebola test wasn’t performed and confirmed until two days after Duncan was placed in isolation.

[Marrah_G]

44. Very sad