re: Nina Pham Leaving Hospital - Ebola Free!!!!

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Have she and Vinson been given any of the experimental treatments that the first two ebola cases got? I thought they had no more of that.

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Pham supposedly got a blood transfusion from the male doc that was treated in august. In theory, his blood had the antibody producing cells in it that would recognize the ebola and begin producing antibodies against it. Now I read that on an article that some Christian group posted on fb do IDK if it is true or not.

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Are they getting any kind of non-standard treatment other than isolation or are they just able to fight off the disease given normal care for highly infectious diseases??

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I have no idea

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Maybe the death rate is just a reflection on the conditions of the treatment facilities and protocols and not the supremacy of the virus itself. Let's hope so.

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Ebola is a damn serious virus but not an unbeatable one. Prior to Duncan the US there were 5 or so cases in the US since 2000 and all 5 survived and did not pass on the virus to healthcare workers. Duncan's case seems to be a giant clusterfrick, he was misdiagnosed and 55 hours went by before he was admitted to the hospital. During that time, he was untreated and got worse, that was probably a huge factor in him dying. There are allegations that the hospital told the nurses and docs not to wear the safety gear until it was confirmed to be ebola. That could be how the virus spread to Pham and Vinson or they might have not taken off the gear properly, we won't know until the official CDC, Texas Department of Health, and TPH release their investigation results.

So long story short, if you have ebola in the US and get care in a timely manner you are more than likely going to live. If you add up the 5 prior to Duncan + Duncan + Pham and Vinson + the NBC cameraman+ the unnamed case at emory + the 2 docs from august= you get 1 death/12cases. So the US has a death rate of less than 10% much better than the average in Africa of over 70%.