Posted on 10/13/2014 2:15:25 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Mukpo became infected while working as a freelance cameraman for Vice News, NBC News and other media outlets in Liberia.
Ashoka Mukpo tweeted from Nebraska Medical Center, where he is receiving care in the hospital's isolation unit.
Mukpo is receiving an experimental Ebola drug called brincidofovir and IV fluids -- similar to the treatment Ebola patient Rick Sacra received during his three weeks at Nebraska Medical Center.
Last week, Mukpo received a blood transfusion from Dr. Ken Brantly, the first American patient transferred to the U.S. for Ebola treatment. Sacra also got two blood transfusions from Brantly.
Friends are turning to crowdsourcing to help pay for what they say is expected to be more than $500,000 in medical bills.
NBC and the VICE Media Group say they're coordinating to assist in paying for his medical care. NBC says it wants a solution where he and his family won't have to pay anything.
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NBC it says, wants a solution where neither he nor his family have to pay.
Don’t we all?
Doesn’t Obamacare cover this?
So how will crowdsourcing work when the whole crowd is sick?
Simply unbelievable.
Let MSLSD pay the bill. It’s the right thing to do.
No worries, dude, obolacare was designed for this..
Let NBC pay for it.
I wish we had some background on this guy.
When a person for whatever reason insists on swimming in a river full of hungry crocodiles, he should not expect lifeguards to rescue him.
NBC did not employ him until AFTER he got ebola and then brings him to America so he can be a burden on taxpayers
everybody pays for everybody else’s care and then it’s all free
NBC just brought an illegal with ebola to America?? Shouldn’t they be charged with something?
He’s getting brincidofovir AND transfusions from Brantly?
That doesn’t make sense.
The Liberian guy’s bill was 500K; he had no insurance; I wonder who paid his bill? I know, I know, that is racist to even ask. I’m surprised that they are even admitting that the NBC guy is getting better and Jesse Jackson isn’t demanding that they let him die to make things fair.
At least they didn’t lie about him having the disease.
I say we divert money given to climate change and other stupid issues and redirect it to help solve the ebola problem.
Oops, I guess it was the same article as posted in the earlier response.
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