Posted on 10/28/2014 10:24:43 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The second Dallas nurse infected with Ebola has been cured and plans to appear on Tuesday at a triumphant press conference at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
The recovery of Amber Joy Vinson, who became infected with the virus while caring for Liberian patient Thomas Eric Duncan in a Dallas hospital, leaves only one person in America known to have an active case of Ebola.
That is Craig Spencer, the doctor who became feverish on Thursday in New York and was immediately transported to Bellevue Hospital. He remains isolated in what health officials have described as serious but stable condition. A boy with a fever tested negative for Ebola at the same hospital on Monday, but is being held for observation.
Duncan, who caught the virus in Liberia but became symptomatic only after arriving in the United States on Sept. 20, died on Oct. 8. Vinson and co-worker Nina Pham are so far the only two people known to have caught the virus from Duncan. Pham was also cured, and was released from an isolation unit at the National Institutes of Health on Friday.
Scores of other health workers in Dallas are still being monitored, as well as people who came into contact with Pham and Vinson. But Dallas officials believe that on Nov. 7 — if no one develops symptoms of the disease — they can declare their city Ebola-free.
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any update on the doctor in NYC?
not so triumphal news?
By the way, has DR.Nancy Synderman suffered any adverse consequences since she broke quarantine to go out for soup? is she still on NBC?
well it is good news that if your symptoms are caught early and you recieve good treatment you can survive.
AND she is lawyered up... just heard that on the news.
And the taxpayers are on the hook for $20 million in expenses.
So if you are a veteran, your visit for ebola at the doctor's office will be post mortem.
Great news for America.
Thus far, Ebola, if detected early and treated here in the USA, Ebola is 100% curable.
ah, one of the lucky ones who had a matching blood donation from a survivor
Hope it pulls him out
Sounds like he was going down the road to death very fast, once a patient starts crapping and vomiting out his own internal organs
Odd how these nurses who “had Ebola” have recovered fully in a matter of weeks, almost days. No tiredness, no fatigue, no residual weakness. Just bouncy and full of life, well enough to hug strange people (Obama is indeed strange). Odd.
Looks like NBC is keeping her out but want her back when in a month http://deadline.com/2014/10/nancy-snyderman-quarantine-end-ebola-nbc-858097/
RE: Thus far, Ebola, if detected early and treated here in the USA, Ebola is 100% curable.
Thus far, we have the following survivors in the USA: Dr. Kent Brantley, his nurse and medical partner, Nancy Writebol, and Nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinsons.
The lone fatality unfortunately is Eric Thomas Duncan.
So, it’s 4-1 so far. Here’s hoping Dr. Spencer makes it 5-1.
Hmmm. Makes you wonder.
“Thus far, we have the following survivors in the USA: Dr. Kent Brantley, his nurse and medical partner, Nancy Writebol, and Nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinsons.”
And the cameraman who was working with Nancy Snyderman.
Had ETD not lied at the hospital, he very well could be alive.
There is probably only a day or two from the time the patient has a fever and can be treated with antiviral drugs to the time the patient goes irreversibly down hill.
No it's 100%. Four zip.
Duncan lied, farted around, and finally received treatment after he was a raging cauldron of the disease. He was his own worst enemy.
There is no “cure “ for Ebola
The Nurse was not “cured” she was treated in intensive care and survived the Ebola infection due to massive medical intervention and the fact that she received the treatment in the very earliest stages of the Ebola infection.
We can support this level of treatment as long as we limit the number of Ebola cases in the US to a small handful. More than that, and we overwhelm our treatment capacity.
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