They survived because they received top-notch supportive care that bought them time until their own bodies mounted a sufficient immune response to fight off the disease.
No doubt, if there was equivalent care in Africa, the death rate would be lower than its current 50-60%.
Folks, as Conservatives, we base our beliefs on facts, reason and logic.
Unfortunately, you have allowed yourselves to get whipped up into an alarmist frenzy over this issue, which quite frankly, is what liberals do about everything: Global warming, over population, the rain forests, heterosexual aids, the hole in the ozone, depletion of fish stocks, and on and on.
Has ebola spread to the U.S. in the five months since the outbreak was first discovered? No. Has it spread to Europe? No. Has it spread to Asia? No. Why? Because Africa is a backwater basket case. A civilized person wouldn’t even drink the water there, why would you think they have any sort of hygiene?
Here’s an article that articulates many of the reasons that you’re not going to get ebola nor will it spread in the U.S.
http://nypost.com/2014/08/05/why-ebolas-nothing-to-worry-about/
I’ll say it one more time: IT IS AFRICA!!! EVERY HORRIBLE THING IMAGINABLE FLOURISHES THERE!!!
Now climb back in off the ledge and think rather than feel and don’t be consumed by illogical panic.