Liberia Considering Prosecuting Man Who Brought Ebola To U.S.

The man who brought Ebola into the United States could be facing prosecution in Liberia because he apparently lied on exit forms.

Thomas Eric Duncan told the Liberian Airport Authority “no” when he was asked if he has cared for anyone who had Ebola or touched the body of someone who had died from Ebola.  Duncan had multiple contacts with a pregnant woman who died of the killer virus.

“The fact that he knew [he was exposed to Ebola] and he left the country is unpardonable, quite frankly,” Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told reporters. “I just hope that nobody else gets infected.”

“With the U.S. doing so much to help us fight Ebola, and again one of our compatriots didn’t take due care, and so, he’s gone there and … put some Americans in a state of fear, and put them at some risk,” she continued. “I feel very saddened by that and very angry with him, to tell you the truth.”

Duncan was not symptomatic when he came to the United States and fell ill days after he arrived in Texas.

The CDC has released a statement saying that Duncan was not symptomatic during his flights to the United States and that passengers on the flight were not at risk for Ebola.  However, the airlines are reportedly contacting anyone who was on the flights for their own precautions.