Posted on 08/15/2014 6:41:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Dr. Kent Brantly is doing well and expected to be released from the hospital soon after being treated for Ebola.
"Dr. Kent Brantly is doing very well and hopes to be released sometime in the near future," a statement from Samaritan's Purse read. The staff at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia "are taking extremely great care of him."
Dr. Brantly and Nancy Writebol, both missionaries working in Liberia with Ebola victims, became infected abroad and were brought back to the United States for treatment. They received an experimental drug, which is apparently working. Writebol is also improving, which bodes well for other victims who are infected; the hope is that the experimental drug will be made available to countries where there is a significant rate of infection.
Throughout the ordeal, both Brantly and Writebol have held on to their faith and said they do not regret working with Ebola patients. In fact, Writebol's son said that there is a possibility his parents may return to Liberia after his mother is better.
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“In fact, Writebol’s son said that there is a possibility his parents may return to Liberia after his mother is better.”
SIGH...
People may mock them and say they are insane for going back. But just as does a member of our military, they have my respect for risking their lives for others and doing something important.
Good news. May God Bless them for caring for the world’s sick.
If this drug is really a cure it should be noted that American innovation and exceptionalism will potentially save the world from a terrible plague, including many Africans.
Are you listening Reverend Wright?
Hopefully, they are now immune.
Not a problem with me Doug as long as they are footing the medical bills. That is their business whether they want to risk their lives or not. If it were me after something like this, I would think more about being around for my kids.
The military serves and acts in our name.
Apples to Oranges comparison.
Does anybody know if you become immune after you’ve had this?
You become immune to the one strain that you had.
Dr. Brantly should wait to see his hospital bill before being pronounced “fully recovered”.
I think that Samaritan’s Purse is covering his medical bills.
As Evangelical Christian missionaries, they serve something as well.
I'm a veteran but I would place service to God above service to country, and I think most veterans would agree.
what if the virus iz in remission and hes still contagous
Apples to Oranges comparison.
No, apples to apples comparison. Our military serving around the world to protect our country AND the citizens of those foreign countries are serving in much the same way as missionaries do.
Of course, the chain of command is different and missionaries have an impeccable Commander in Chief, whereas the military does not.
My point of view in this is that of a USMC Vietnam veteran and a missionary who has served in Africa (and contracted various tropical diseases serving in BOTH locations - no Ebola, thank God.).
What is the customary charges for “experimental vaccine that isn’t FDA approved” and “macro-isolation quarantine private room”? How do you put a pricetag on it?
I would guess that the makers of Zmapp gave it to Brantly free of charge. The FDA can and does allow for compassionate use of unapproved drugs. Also, this drug is not a vaccine ( vaccines are given as a way to prevent illness prior to exposure and infection)
As far as charges for the quarantine room at Emory, the charges will be up to the hospital. Again I believe Samaritan’s Purse is paying for his care. They paid for his transportation back from Africa.
This virus doesn’t go into remission. It is not like herpes.
You are right, longfellowsmuse. Samaritans’s Purse is paying and other Christians are donating. For real Christians, as these people are, money is not their God...nor their top priority. Love of God and virtuous living and giving seem to be their top priorities.
Unlike many other Americans, they have their priorities VERY well ordered.
the point from the study is that someone may be recovering or recovered from being ill with the ebola virus, but still have infectious virus in their system.
that means, if the infectious virus is in a bodily fluid, that is transfered to another person, there is a possiblity that person could be infected.
so, if they are releasing the patient into the general population, instead of releasing him into an isolation type situation for several months, he could still be infectious.
as there is no mention of anything such as isolation occuring after he is released, did they consider that he might still carry infections viruses in his system, and might still be able to infect others?
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