Let me tell you a horrifically depressing story, then explain why it's important. His body laced with a covert killer, Thomas Eric Duncan flew from Liberia to Dallas with connecting flights in Brussels and suburban Washington. He fell ill four days later and went to Presbyterian Hospital. Doctors sent him home despite a high fever and his travel history, which he had disclosed. Two days later, on Sept. 28, Duncan returned with his family and said he might have Ebola. Within hours, according to medical records, Duncan was racked by severe diarrhea and projectile vomiting. The sick man was left in an open area of the Presbyterian Hospital Emergency room. The hospital lacked...
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