And such sadness.

I am not at all in favor of Israel's current government and its devastating, unwarranted, murderous actions in Gaza, but the Belgian doctor's blatant anti-semitism in refusing to treat a Jewish patient because of that is pure hateful inhumanity and makes him no better than those whose actions he thinks he's "protesting."

From everything I've read, it is at about this point where patients either begin recovering or, more commonly, start straight down.

Healing vibes to this brave, brave young doctor. Hopefully the boy's blood will contain antibodies against the virus.

He has a chance.

That's just MY opinion, though.

While he was exhausted and weak at the outset, his symptoms were identified and treatment begun early on. Early identification and treatment are what have lowered the mortality rate from 90% to the current 60%.

He is receiving more than just the blood donation from the former patient who recovered. He has been on supportive treatment from the get-go.

His condition has gone up and down and back up again since the onset. He had a slight turn for the better yesterday, than a slight turn worse overnight.

That does not mean he will not recover. It means his body is fighting. The next few days will be critical. The blood donation may or may not help, but it is not the only treatment he is getting.

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If his H&H have dropped below normal, that would indicate internal bleeding. In that case it is likely too late, and this is a last ditch effort to do something, anything.

But much of what they are doing is experimental. They may have given him a unit from the patient that survived specifically to see if introducing antibodies will help knock the virus back and buy him time to produce more of his own.

I don't think we've been specifically lied to regarding his condition, which continues to be stable but grave. I do think our government has been less than forthcoming about the risks should this reach our shores, and the chances of that happening.

I live in a tourist area and we are in our high season, so easily half the patients we treat right now are from "away," which includes from all over the world. I work in lab tech -- co-worker and I were talking about it just yesterday. She is watching, too. We are certainly concerned.

I did see one flat out lie today, where our government supposedly has notified medical staff what to watch out for. I know I haven't yet seen anything in our lab. It certainly would have been passed along, and they forward my work email to my home.

I have doubts about the claim that 40 percent survive it and 60 percent die.

This particular outbreak seems so virulent. It has caused 670 deaths, thus far and is the worst Ebola outbreak to date.

I also think it's odd that these three doctors were following CDC safety guidelines and they are infected. Furthermore, they all became infected during a similar timeframe. Is it possible that this Ebola strain is becoming more virulent, or possibly airborne?

If that 40-percent-survival stat is true, wouldn't it be fair to say that around 1,200 people have been infected (given the 670 death rate)? That's a lot of infected people. Seems as if this strain is packing a bigger punch.

not odds i care to face - but there is hope

I hope that they recover along with all their patients.

I am not Christian. And I do not pray. However, I think I will make an exception. Bless his heart.

He certainly has my utmost respect and every good vibe I can send his way.

if he dies many will not receive care because there are very few doctors who are willing to do what he has been doing.

takes a little time to develop into a disease. During that time a vaccine has time to make molecules that provide immunity or attack and/or kill the virus.

One of the source sites up thread, says that the rabies vaccine prevents Ebola in other primates. And that the rabies virus can be airborne in an areas of large bat concentrations.

Some South Americans have natural immunity to rabies. That has been under study for a while now. Perhaps you would not mind putting the topic sentence of this paragraph in a search box, if you can.

now?

YOU?

multiple-covalent Fall Flu Shots are all ready out because the seasonal flu viruses are already active in the human population. Sounds like it is time for the government to provide immunization based on cell membrane and virus structure that allows attachment and injection into a host cell. It is an immunization against the molecular structure as well as the RNA core that reproduces the virus structure (virus is not a living organism).

Molecular structure restrictive enzymes, already exit for HIV; like for AIDS. there is a vaccination for Chicken pox and measles virus. Monoclonal antibodies can be grown in vitro.

The biochemistry is at your fingertips here on the internet. That includes what else in loaded into the injection or nasal spray. Immunization for small pox, is a scratch on the skin. And a sugar cube can be used for the polio vaccine.

http://jvi.asm.org/content/77/18/9733

https://www.google.com/search?q=ebola+virus+structure+and+function&sa=X&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=ZrjbU_n7OsuPyASom4LoAw&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=636

However, on Thursday charity SIM said in a statement that Mrs Writebol's condition had worsened, despite the serum.

Mrs Writebol is in stable, but serious condition and is receiving an experimental drug that doctors hope will better address her condition, the charity said.


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