They said however that he rec'd a blood transfusion from a child whose life he had saved..
Yes I recall seeing that somewhere in one of the reports
Interesting if for no other reason than Dr Brantly is ob/gyn , and was in a separate building , away from the isolation ward.
Also ,by having a transfusion from a survivor, as I don't believe that fits in with medical protocol for viral pandemimic medicine.
excerpt :"..A colleague tells me she has just lost a family member about to give birth.
It was a normal pregnancy, but she was turned away by every hospital as staff were too afraid to take her in case she had Ebola.
She did not have the virus, but she died because of delivery complications.
Her baby at least survived.
News of the US obstetrician in Liberia who contracted the deadly disease while delivering a baby has helped fuel such worries.
So far 169 Liberian health care workers have been affected by Ebola and 80 have died - a massive blow to a fragile health system.
Next I prepare to go up country to Lofa county where more warehouse space was needed - Unicef has delivered tonnes of equipment, including personal protective suits,
chlorine and oral rehydration salts to Liberia - and more monitoring was required of those other now-neglected childhood killers like measles, diarrhoea and cholera.
Ebola has turned survivors into human booby traps, unexploded ordinance - touch and you die.
Ebola psychosis is paralysing."
You are right; I had also heard that prior to this interview. They didn’t mention that in the interview, which I thought was strange—unless I somehow missed it. They listed all the factors to his recovery, and the blood transfusion wasn’t one of them. I did watch all 5 parts of the special.
Hmmm.
I don’t know, maybe the child recovered just before Brantly was infected? I can’t imagine he would have forgotten the child that donated his blood for him. He seems to be a very humble man.