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To: Smokin' Joe
Liberian doctor dies of Ebola despite experimental treatment
1,038 posted on 08/25/2014 4:21:55 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: PA Engineer
Well, right now, of these six who received the ZMapp treatment, two have recovered, two have died, and two are pending.

Not counting the pending cases, that's only 50% (so far), which can happen with Ebola, anyway--especially considering that these patients are getting the best available care.

Granted, there may be a host of other considerations such as general health, age, disease progress, etc. on a case by case basis, and if the other two recover, that would tend to indicate some efficacy (33% death rate instead of 50% or higher).

Without all the outcomes, and considering it is a very small sample with numerous other variables, I can't say the therapy does not work, but it does not appear to be the magic bullet at this time. The disease might have progressed more in the patients who died prior to receiving treatment, too.

A larger sample, (and even full results from this one) could show a different and better outcome, so it would be premature to say it isn't effective.

1,039 posted on 08/25/2014 5:23:08 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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