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Nurse Amber Vinson free of Ebola virus, family says
Yahoo News ^ | 10/22/14 | Jason Sickles

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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To: cpdiii

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.


41 posted on 10/23/2014 11:39:20 AM PDT by Gamecock (USA, Ret.)
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To: cpdiii
Not yet but after this outbreak there will be a certain percentage of survivors that are genetically superior and thus survived.

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.

42 posted on 10/23/2014 11:42:33 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86

No I’m saying that the main test used for detecting Ebola can sometimes be wrong, either in the positive or negative.


43 posted on 10/23/2014 12:50:11 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: TangledUpInBlue

Oh yeah, sure she is.


44 posted on 10/23/2014 1:16:21 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Impeach him before he kills us all.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
Apparently she, Pham, and I have the same blood type as Dr. Brantly (A+) and they received his plasma. Duncan was B positive and could not.

I certainly have a different outlook on the disease now.

45 posted on 10/23/2014 1:37:07 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: arthurus

That would be a huge bumble


46 posted on 10/23/2014 2:57:21 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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