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Wednesday 13 August 2014

Ebola: ‘Nigerian nurse fled quarantine centre’

One of the nurses who had previously had contact with the Liberian Ebola patient Patrick Sawyer, fled her quarantine center in Lagos and returned to her home in Enugu, exposing about 20 people who she came in contact with to the deadly virus.
 
Information Minister Labaran Makuwho disclosed this said the nurse and the  20 others people who she came in contact with are all under surveillance in Enugu. Continue...

 
189 people are now being monitored in Nigeria. Three have died from the disease: Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American businessman who collapsed in Lagos, an attending nurse, and an ECOWAS staffer who worked with Sawyer.
 
Source: Sahara Reporters

127 comments:

NaNcY DreW said...

What re mins of transport?
Didn't she come in contact with pple while on re escape journey 2 her village. Buh y on earth ll pple behave like dat ? Educated pple 4 dat mata
Which kind problem b dis God

Ceeflo said...

Where is she running to?......this is not good

Dlapikin said...

Selfish woman. Should be sacked after she's cured... She could have infected 100's just think of how she got home... All the people in transports with her.. Her family, sibblings, children, friends... Very selfish woman!

Anonymous said...

Na waw o, dem no go sit one place?all dis ebola ppl

NaNcY DreW said...

What was her mins of transportatn 2 Enugu?
Didn't she come in contact with pple while on re escape journey 2 her village ?. Buh y on earth ll pple behave like dat ? Educated pple 4 dat mata ?
Which kind problem b dis God??? OMGod pls intervene Nigeria is not a country. People re crazy here

Unknown said...

Just Imagine!!!! #sighs# what in heaven's name was she hoping to achieve????

Unknown said...

Why or did she run mad

Anonymous said...

It is only in Nigeria that this rubbish will happen. How in the world is someone so callous that she would risk other peoples lives including her family for some selfish reason.....I dont want to die alone syndrome. smhhhhhh

Alloy Chikezie said...

That's what illiteracy and being mentally retarded causes


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Unknown said...

Haba is she Ⱦђѧt stupid knowing how deadly the virus is,to me she ia like the 2nd Patrick Sawyer!!! But I jst pray she is not actually positive to the infection since she is still under quarantine n not proven positive yet!

ZeeZee said...

She ran from the place where she could best get help - the hospital... now she has exposed every single person she came in contact with even on her way to wherever she fled chaii

Unknown said...

WHF!!People suffering from ignorance. God will def keep his own

Unknown said...

It is well !!!

Anonymous said...

Special kind of stupidity..

Anonymous said...

Why does she want to infect everybody instead of staying in a place and receive the free drugs from Canada. She must be a witch just like Patrick Sawyer. See what he alone did to Lagos, now this wicked nurse has come to Enugu. Wicked people. Idiotic quack nurse.

BONARIO NNAGS said...

She was being too selfish.
Now lives of many people are at stake.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Anonymous said...

is there no security with them? Niger things no dey complete sha.

Unknown said...

This is very annoying,there is ♑ way it will be 20 ple abi na private jet she take G̶̲̥̅̊☺ if not hundreds of ple must of Cδ♍ε in contact with her frm lagos to enugu,dis is very bad,2nd Patrick!!!

best baby said...

Dis is bad new

Unknown said...

Haba is she Ⱦђѧt stupid knowing how deadly the virus is,to me she ia like the 2nd Patrick Sawyer!!! But I jst pray she is not actually positive to the infection since she is still under quarantine n not proven positive yet!

Anonymous said...

So why can't the government display the pictures and identities of those infected or under quarantine so people are aware? Sigh for my country

Anonymous said...

This woman is a BASTARD..How could she escape sef??? This Nigeria is just annoying me so bad....Imagine all the pple she must have come in contact with? from the hospital, pass obalende, enter BRT/ moluwe/ danfo/ taxi.. she must have handed money over at some point.direct contact and the money will be in circulation as i type.. then from Jibowu/ Ojota / festac/ mile2 /oshodi ( Luxurious bus/ Hiace) imagine just hitting pple on the queue etc, i can go on and on.. in the village poor family will come and help her carry load,okada driver etc...that alone shoule be more than 100 pple and it has a multiplying effect.. i cannot even think again...PLS LET US HELP OURSELVES..

Unknown said...

God will punish that liberia Man,if MJ knw abt dis Liberian Man,he will neva sing abt Liberiab Girl music!WTF

nekkyville said...

She's a wicked n selfish woman am sure she be nurse Eliza no b beta one..hope no one is infected.n y won't dey jst lock dem up???y leave d doors open????hian

Anonymous said...

Pls the identity of this nurse should be made known to the public so that herself, her family, her relations, friends and acquaintances could be distanced as much as possible. She is a threat to the people of Enugu now.

Anonymous said...

This just goes to show all the holes in the story they've been telling us. I thought they said once you start exhibiting symptoms you're too sick to move??? So how did she "move"!!! #2 how porous is the quarantine center that she was able to "flee"???? #3 we are busy monitoring airports only with our laser thermometers and stuff..... we conveniently forgot that majority of the people that came in contact with Patrick Sawyer (people like this nurse), cannot afford to shell out so much for airfare, so they are frequent "roadies". What measures are being put in place to check passengers traveling by road???

Anonymous said...

God punish Patrick Sawyer!

Cute G said...

Let's not be quick to judge her.It was a wrong thing for her to have fled.
It was just a response to fear.She probably knew her days were numbered. She couldn't just contain it alone. Wanted to bid her family goodbye. If only we could understand what she might be going through.
What about the security that should be watching over her, were their senses quarantined as well?.Pfft

Anonymous said...

LINDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!JUST 20?SHE FLY REach her village???? jesus!

Anonymous said...

The nurse wasn't quarantined when she left to Enugu......she proceeded on leave after a day with Sawyer.....the hospital didn't know sawyer had Ebola......till like 3 days. She was d one that reported her case to the ministry of Health. Don't believe everything this Officials say

Anonymous said...

A nurse for that matter! They should have an isolation ward in prison for anybody who knowingly exposes others to this deadly virus.#angry

Anonymous said...

GOD HELP US IN THIS NIGERIA... HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Patrick sawyer pls rise up make we kill yu again..... Useless idiot.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Anonymous said...

Where were all d securities nd health management while she was escaping??? Abi she turn 2 ghost escape??? Naija things D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ aways get comma. Thank God say dis Ebola G̶̲̥̅̊​o̲̣̥ affect d rich ones 2 not only poor man, so if government like make dem D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ take d matter play. Even dem no D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ free. Nonsense mtcheeew.

Anonymous said...

Its just so shameful we have a government that is nonchalant. So the minister wasn't ashamed to tell Nigerians someone under surveillance escaped quarantine center... So the gates of the center were left widely open for people to leave at will??? without security o something??...........its shameful. Securities to that facility should be detained and investigated immediately, and most of those in-charge of the facility should be investigated for conspiracy and replaced. Am really not sure the government is doing enough to checkmate the spread of the virus, and for their info ZMAPP is out of stock and IT'S NOT YET BEEN EVALUATED FOR SAFETY IN HUMANS.

Anonymous said...

Abeg na which transport service she take travel,? Day light witchcraft!

Angie said...

Now the quarantine centre has to be tightly/closely guarded to prevent further escape.

*My R1.50c comment*

AGB said...

Why do we take everything for granted in this country for crying out loud? All quarantine centres should naturally be guarded as intensely as a presidential palace but NO, Nigeria would always lazy around and start crying foul later when consequences result from the initial stupidity.

Anonymous said...

Nigerians and there stubbornness.

Anonymous said...

Maybe she wan go babalowo go do Juju

#king said...

Dis woman shld b shot..y do such rubbish..wats wrong wit sum pple............................#KingOfKings

Anonymous said...

I don't know why this part of the world is so dark and backward. Oyin bo people voluntary turn themselves . Why are we so inconsiderate of one another ! A nurse for that matter, this unacceptable.

Eagle Eyes Media said...

See why we need God more than any modern scientific endeavour!

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Patrick sawyer pls rise up make we kill yu again..... Useless idiot.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

Devilish Animal, she'll soon go $ join patrick sawyer in hell. Wicked witch

Anonymous said...

Jesus? How ignorant and wicked can some ppl be? As a health personnel shldnt she b more enlightened for Christ sake! And how was she even able to escape in the first place! Patrick sawyer was able to escape, now an infected nurse has also escaped! God! I wish I can disappear from dis country wt my kids!

sherry.

Unknown said...

What a wicked nurse! What's d difference between what d sawyer guy did and what she did? Knowingly spreading ebola cause u don't wanna die alone. Shame to u! U r a disgrace to d nursing profession!

ary said...

That woman infected more than 20 people! How did she get to Enugu from Lagos? Transport! And there musta being more that 10 people on board that bus and she sat next to somebody and not to mention members of her family! You know this disease is like playing tag, one touch and the person is infected! A chain f*cking reaction

Anonymous said...

SHE IS A BASTARD....GOD PUNISH HER...WHAT RUBBISH....WETINS ELF...WHICH KIND HUMAN BEINGS ARE THIS...SHE DOESNT DESERVE TO BE TREATED ....MAKE THEM BURN HER.....

Anonymous said...

This. Goevernment self useless , why can't they contain this thing . How did she escape? Damn useless peeps

Anonymous said...

wat kind of stupid action did she tak, only God knows. Smh

Anonymous said...

OOOOOO MY GOD...THIS IS WICKEDNESS...TO BE SINCERE....SHE SHOULD BE KILLED FOR THIS.....SOLOMON.....

Anonymous said...

And some people were cussing out the lecturer for his outfit, just imagine the number of innocent people dt were in d same bus with her dt she probably put @ risk.... .. Protect ursef, dt is better dan being sorry#cheEzyjayne

Unknown said...

Na waoh, she's jst a stupid person, she shd v contact wt more Dan 20 pple cos 4rm d clinic 2 r home, home 2 park, park 2 enugu n 4rm der 2 r family aos. May God save us all

WD said...

God send us help from above. this is getting too much for us Daddy. We all cry to you to help us today.


Anonymous said...

i done dey read una comment, na miss yan una dey yan. d way dem dey treat dem no fair @ all. like say dem be shit. no even words of encouragement, to give dem small hope. i no sopport d nurse but if na me with dat kind treatment, i go rather commit suicide.

Better Pikin said...

Stupidity & wickedness @ d highest level.
Oh God please deliver our country ooo. My sawyer even in death u will not find peace, see what u're causing in our country. Now people with normal fever are even scared of going to the hospital. (Well Linda no go post my comment so no p)

Unknown said...

what kind of nonsense is that? Has she gone mad or what knowing how deadly the virus is. A nurse for that matter. And did she manage to escape from the place. Is there not any security personnel there. Its only in this country that u you can hear such news. Our own things are always different.

LKJ said...

Now it is getting serious. How could they have allowed her to escape in the first place. I fear for our lives now. Oh God save us especially those of us that care for the sick

Anonymous said...

she should not have done that, am imaginning her having the fear of dying, probably the parent want her to try a pastor or herbalist for some solution. Na who want to die?

Honsylglobal.com: UK Online Global Financial Advisers said...

What a country and its people.

Julie Best said...

I can't just believe that some one who called her self a medical personnel who should be advising others not to spread the disease could do a wicked thing like this

Anonymous said...

Personally, I think they should start chaining these people to their beds or something. This is the height of wickedness. How can a nurse, knowing all the risk still do something so foolish? Just when I thought we were successfully containing this Ebola scourge. Amadioha fire her. They should whip her senselessly and not give her any treatment. Foolish, retarded, selfish soul.

Anonymous said...

What d hell was she thinking anyways? Or is running away nd infecting other pple now d antidote? Some pple tho!

Honsylglobal.com: UK Online Global Financial Advisers said...

What a country and its people.

Anonymous said...

May God reward this heartless "thing" with full mesure. Just imagine!!! What a wicked and terrible being. I'm so angry Infact God Punish her.

Anonymous said...

Please don't call her selfish. Do you know under which conditions they are being quarantined? WHO and standard health laws stipulate that quarantined individuals should be 3 ft away from each other? How is that possible in that small tent? The same attendants attending to the infected are taking their samples frequently to test for ebola. They use the same public outdoor toilet. When an ebola carrier uses the toilet, how well is this decontaminated before an ebola free person uses the same public outdoor toilet? Who is cooking their food? How did someone who never came close to the Nigerian index patient, test positive weeks after being quarantined? I think we should all just pray that this disease goes away, because no one will know what they would do if found under the same conditions. Even now, I am sure some of you would have relaxed a bit on the sanitizing measures that you had initially embarked on. How do we expect these health officials to be perfect and operate under the strictest sterile conditions possible when dealing with quarantined individuals. Afterall they are human

Anonymous said...

Please don't call her selfish. Do you know under which conditions they are being quarantined? WHO and standard health laws stipulate that quarantined individuals should be 3 ft away from each other? How is that possible in that small tent? The same attendants attending to the infected are taking their samples frequently to test for ebola. They use the same public outdoor toilet. When an ebola carrier uses the toilet, how well is this decontaminated before an ebola free person uses the same public outdoor toilet? Who is cooking their food? How did someone who never came close to the Nigerian index patient, test positive weeks after being quarantined? I think we should all just pray that this disease goes away, because no one will know what they would do if found under the same conditions. Even now, I am sure some of you would have relaxed a bit on the sanitizing measures that you had initially embarked on. How do we expect these health officials to be perfect and operate under the strictest sterile conditions possible when dealing with quarantined individuals. Afterall they are human

Anonymous said...

Mehnnn this nurse is wicked

Anonymous said...

If she is really infected and they were trying save her life, why would she 'escape'? My people, step aside from the mass hysteria for a second and ask, what is really going on? Like quite a lot of people I am very suspicious of this new disease that made its way into Nigeria very inexplicably? The sudden rise in the number of new victims does not correlate with the life cycle of the disease. I do believe that the real danger is In the vaccine. Biological warfare.

Anonymous said...

She no won die for lagos

Anonymous said...

God please help us...

Faith Ogaga said...

Hahhahahahahahahhaha! Lol...@ "all dis ebola people"....sorry bt ur statement s very funny!hahhahahha!

Anonymous said...

Pls am not justifying her act, but who knows whether these people under surveillance are been fed properly, who knows whether they are been taking care of. You see, our government is such a very bad one. Funds, enough of it should be giving to the health sector, at least to curtail the spread of this deadly EVD.

APPLE said...

What kind of wickedness is this??? Mtcheeeeew.

Anonymous said...

Nurses sha

Unknown said...

Wahala dey!
She should be arrested and prosecuted for knowingly putting others at risk.

Petite Diva said...

If I was part of the twenty pple quarantined with her, I would ask for gloves then at midnight beat the hell out of her. What nonsense?! Is she dumb? That is y the thing is spreading. Pple are acting very callously. The only way the disease would go away on time is with containment. STOP MOVING AROUND!!!

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Amablaze said...

Hian which kind wahala n wickedness bdis..dey had beta put up pics n name of pple under quarantine online ohh incase of anoda escape/flee#myopiniondou#

Anonymous said...

YH I REALLY DO THINK PEOPLE THAT PULL OFF SUCH CRAP SHOULD BE ARRESTED

lazlow said...

This woman sha dull well well...She for kukuma help we country carry the virus go sambisa... instead na her loved ones she wan go give the virus. Anyways sha, good luck to her family members Wey throw welcome home ceremony for her...

Unknown said...

Don't they have security officers at the quarantine centres. Beside, where is she running to. When will Nigeria and Nigerian ever get it right....

Olameedey said...

May d good Lord help us.

Anonymous said...

I taught they said it shows between 2-21days, it's over 21 days now if the lady actually had direct contact with him and tested positive, she shouldn't be strong enough to have escaped. She should be very weak with full blown symptoms. I really don't know what to believe anymore,just thinking aloud. May God help us.

Olubukola Ozone said...

Wat in God's name was she thinkin? Is she crazy or somtin? Wasnt she aware of d danger she culd cus d society wen she is alowd to roam d streets? Ooh my....

eyehealth said...

Please tell us more. Why did she report herself and the ministry didn't do anything? C'mon she fleed.

Anonymous said...

Selfishness and greed is in the African gene. The attitude of "no be only me go suffer" selfishness is within us. The US doctor isolated himsef immediately he knew he had the virus but that useless good for nothing called Sawyer knew he had the virus, and still travelled and brought it here....he knew the consequences and implications of what he was doing and still went ahead to travel. Anyways, I blame our govt., the issue of Ebola didn't start today, all the necessary precautions should have been taken long before now. Hmmmmm, may God help us all!!

Unknown said...

This is indeed a shame to the medical firm in charge of surveying the nurse considering the life that would be lost if she is allowed to come in contact with d society..May God help us all.....I BEG MY PEOPLE MR BIDDIEE SAY MAKE I ASK IF MESS DEY SPREAD EBOLA!!

Anonymous said...

THAT WOMAN SELF,,,NAWA OOOO BUT MAKE UNA NO WORRY SHAAA,SHE NO DEY INFECTED ALREADY BUT IF SHE IS ALL OF THEM DON DIE INSTANTLY....NAWAOOOO EBONNE DI WOMAN DEEEEAAAA

Anonymous said...

Let's jst keep our fingers crossed and hope she doesn't ve d virus since dey said she was quarantined b4

Anonymous said...

Goodbye by putting dem at risk? How abt d US pastor dat quarantine himself from his family once he knew he was infected. She was just plain Selfish

Oluwanonso said...

This is bad news.
Why was there no adequate security at the quarantine centre??
God help us

Anonymous said...

Fact that shes quarantined doed Not mean she has ebola. She probably feels she might contract it whilst. She can't be contagious of she's not visibly sick. But dang how did she get out of quarantine?

Do You Have Faith? said...

unbelievable....

Anonymous said...

LMAO!

Anonymous said...

Nawao 4 dis nurse ooo,e be lyk say d ebola don touch her brain!!

Unknown said...

Being quarantined does not make her positive except a confirmation has been done. If that is the case, one. Can say this is the climax of wickedness. Too bad she's an educated illiterate.

Anonymous said...

i hv jus gone 2ru ur statements buh try and ask ur self dis question.if u are in dis situation,wot would u hv done?dont cast stones on her.dis case is jus lyk a cancer case dat u knw ur days are numbered not 2 talk of ebola dat has 2-21 days.am a medical personnel n i hv tried putting myself in her shoes.wen u talk of quarantine,nigerian system is nt rily getting it ryt cos dias posibilty of someone who is quarantined 4 d moment buh doesnt hv it 2 get infected with d virus as he or she is in close contact with an infected person.

Anonymous said...

Patrick Sawyer, here comes your accomplice, your partner in crime-I will not face this alone crime. The nurse took a bus to the park, took another bus to her hometown. You count all those people. The 20 people shook hands with, and hugged her. Some of them also hugged other people. Someone else sat on that same seat she vacated in the bus. So, according to Ebola matters, has she reached the infectious state? She wanted to go and meet her Babalawo pastor. The guy for run.

Unknown said...

May God help us all..IJN AMEN.

Anonymous said...

Yes. The minister of health said something like some people escaping surveillance/quarantine and I assumed he made a mistake. WHY MUST WE NEVER DO THINGS WELL? IS IT NIGERIAN GENERATIONAL CURSE? SO, ANYONE, FOR INSTANCE, A LUNATIC, CAN WALK IN AND OUT OF ISOLATION CENTRES. Abeg comot.

Anonymous said...

Black people and black mind.So what would happen to people she would be boarding a vehicle with?? ooo my.What happens to those she would be staying with?? she is probably not willing to go down alone, a thing like if I go down then u all would go down with me. Africans and their mean heart. This should be an eye opener for the government, they should be guided by security agents.

Anonymous said...

some people should be slapped

miss cruella said...

Lolzzzzzzzz. Very funny indeed but u just spoke my mind.

Unknown said...

Laughing my pants off @ ebola pple! Kai!

Anonymous said...

How many times na??? R u sure u r not d nurse???

Anonymous said...

Afi 'fleed' naa

Anonymous said...

if she survives this she needs to be put in prison and the key thrown away what a wicked woman. she doesn't realize that she would pass the virus to her children husband brother sister mother father or whomever she comes in contact with. when she is not an illiterate asin even an illiterate would not be that stupid and foolish to act like a silly human being my goodness sighs oniranu somebody

Unknown said...

She no know say USA don agree to release the anti-ebola drugs so she run go see the Babalawo for her village in Enugu

Unknown said...

This is really a bad news... pls government shld do something fast

Anonymous said...

oh my goodness, haa, linda y didt tell us part of ha village, dia re alot peopl travellin to enugu.... Help us save d lives of d innocence

Anonymous said...

Just reading all these comments here shows that Nigerians are still so ignorant about the disease called Ebola. Quarantine is for people who have come close to an infected person to see if they will develop symptoms after 2-21 days. Isolation is for those that are already SICK. Being quarantined does not mean you are sick. Its been past 21 days since anybody came in contact with Patrick Sawyer. If the Nurse was sick she would not be strong enough to walk talk less of escaping. It its been past 21 days why is still being kept under surveillance? Would anyone of you agree to be kept under lock and key forever with possible real sick patients increasing your chance of getting infected? Please lets all take time to inform ourselves about this disease. we read Linda Ikeji blog everyday. Read up on Ebola!

Anonymous said...

Just reading all these comments here shows that Nigerians are still so ignorant about the disease called Ebola. Quarantine is for people who have come close to an infected person to see if they will develop symptoms after 2-21 days. Isolation is for those that are already SICK. Being quarantined does not mean you are sick. Its been past 21 days since anybody came in contact with Patrick Sawyer. If the Nurse was sick she would not be strong enough to walk talk less of escaping. It its been past 21 days why is still being kept under surveillance? Would anyone of you agree to be kept under lock and key forever with possible real sick patients increasing your chance of getting infected? Please lets all take time to inform ourselves about this disease. we read Linda Ikeji blog everyday. Read up on Ebola!

Esty kudos said...

There's diff btw been educated n been enlightened. Wen will people learn ? Ebola is not afterall a deathh sentence. One can still survive it wit early diagnosis n treatment. If she luvs her people, she won't think of running back home to infect them. May God help us all.

Unknown said...

This one is a baaaaad news. Then why should Mr sawyer be seen as inhumane while our own Nigerian could also risk other people's lives.

Peter said...

God why nah.......

Anonymous said...

if not well feed. there is what we call love. did she love her family, herself, people around her. there is what we call selflessness, die for others to live. i will not judge her because she is not a novice in medical field. her behavior is d same with suicide bomber.

Unknown said...

cute G but she would have done that on phone......dis is pure madness

Unknown said...

#‎Ebola‬ US doctor puts himself in quarantine, Naija nurse escapes from quarantine! ‪#‎SameSituation‬ ‪#‎DifferentReaction‬ ‪#‎Orientation‬ ‪#‎SometinWrong

Anonymous said...

God av mercy on us oooo.

Xeenah said...

if only that nurse would just go to Sambisa forest and infect all those Boko haram men... *thinking out loud*

Anonymous said...

pls can we have the photo of the lady so we can know her if we see her.

Anonymous said...

She is Evil. God will surely pay her

Anonymous said...

She is Evil. God will surely pay her

Anonymous said...

She escaped the same way as Patrick Sawyer. but the evil woman is too daft to know that she is infecting her own people.

the problem with Nigerian citizens is that we are;
self centred
ignorant
liars
heartless
insensitive
forgetting that what goes around comes around.

Anonymous said...

She escaped the same way as Patrick Sawyer. but the evil woman is too daft to know that she is infecting her own people.

the problem with Nigerian citizens is that we are;
self centred
ignorant
liars
heartless
insensitive
forgetting that what goes around comes around.

Anonymous said...

let the government show her pix

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