Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man to be diagnosed with Ebola Virus Disease and died on October 2, left behind a fiancé and family members who feels they have been ostracized since they were quarantined and isolated from society that will last for 21 days.
Ebola Virus has taken more than 4,000 lives in West Africa and incurred more than 8,000 infections. It reached the United States last September when a man from Liberia lied in his health form denying that he was in contact with a person who has the disease. Before his flight to the United States, he assisted a pregnant woman in Liberia who later died in the hospital.
The family's 21 day quarantine will end on midnight of Sunday but the family feels that they have been banished from the society. This feeling of anxiety was rooted to the treatment of their friends and neighbors in their Dallas community.
The family feels as if people are avoiding any contact with them. The apartment managers refused to repair broken refrigerator and when they requested for an internet to be installed, the cable man just left the equipment outside when he learned they were the Duncan family. Furthermore, they reported people throwing rocks and stones on their windows.
The fiancé of the patient is showing a positive outlook on the incident and remains in her calm state. They are still mourning the loss of a loved one and people are even bashing them and avoiding them. They are longing for the public to treat them normally since they did not show any Ebola symptoms so far.
The Ebola outbreak started in March this year and the spread has been tremendous affecting many people and lives. The World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are doing everything in their power to control further spread of the virus.