Posted on 10/23/2014 10:56:10 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Barely a week after being diagnosed with Ebola, Texas nurse Amber Vinson is free of the deadly virus, her family said on Wednesday night.
“We are overjoyed to announce that, as of [Tuesday] evening, officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control are no longer able to detect virus in her body,” read a statement from a family spokesperson.
Jason McDonald, a CDC spokesperson, told Yahoo News late Wednesday that he was not aware of Vinson's recovery.
“Healthcare provider will determine by diagnostic whether a patient is free of Ebola virus,” McDonald said in an email. “We have criteria we ask medical staff to meet but the determination is made by medical care provider.”
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Yes she is.
Like one of my Soldiers, who was from Tanzania, once told me: “Sir, in Africa life is hard.”
Great Soldier. He knew how good he had it in the US.
There seems to be modest immunity at this time and may have to do with coming into contact with a very small number of virons in the past from bushmeat or bat droppings.
This is nothing to do with genetics; it is acquired immunity and will not be passed on. The actual Ebola infections are not widespread enough to cause future community immunity through natural selection, even if a genetic resistance exists.
No I’m saying that the main test used for detecting Ebola can sometimes be wrong, either in the positive or negative.
Oh yeah, sure she is.
I certainly have a different outlook on the disease now.
That would be a huge bumble
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