Posted on 08/25/2014 6:54:15 PM PDT by alexmark1917
For first time, a World Health Organization worker has fallen ill with Ebola
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/24/world/africa/ebola-outbreak/index.html
An African doctor who received the experimental anti-Ebola drug ZMapp has died
http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/25/6065417/african-doctor-who-was-treated-experimental-anti-ebola-drug-dead
Doctor: Ebola Fatality Rate Running At 70 Percent -- Seven out of 10 patients admitted for Ebola die
http://www.npr.org/2014/08/23/342652020/doctor-ebola-fatality-rate-running-at-70-percent?utm_content=buffer165fb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Exposed: Ebola Outbreak In Africa And The ‘Illuminati’ Connection
http://www.osundefender.org/?p=183624
New hotbed of Ebola found in Congo as serum-treated doctor dies:
http://rt.com/news/182708-ebola-mzapp-dies-congo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Not looking good. Prayers for the dying.
When the experts die, quality of care goes down.
Sounds like Deuteronomy 28:61.
This is not how you test new meds.
They are tested in a controlled environment.
The additional special care the American docs received was a huge factor, beyond the meds.
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
You guys think this is bad there are 112 Indian Nationals ALL having been exposed to Ebola on plane flights to Mumbai Tuesday, as in Tomorrow, but for them, more like now!
http://world.einnews.com/article/220311080/OlE9AXyhb8h-1_ij
"... there are 112 Indian Nationals ALL having been exposed to Ebola on plane flights to Mumbai Tuesday ..."
Perhaps it was the thousands of prayers that asked God for His healing of Dr. Brantley and nurse Whiteoff, not the ZMAPP drug, that saved them.
First we heard that there was only one dose and Brantly insisted Writebol get it.
Then we find out Brantly got a dose too but that was the last one.
Then we hear it’s being given to the Spanish priest, but that’s the last one.
Then the African presidents beg for it.
And amazingly enough we find a dozen or so more doses of it for them.
If I were to put on tinfoil I’d suspect the last dose was the one Brantly got. Everyone after that has died.
Thanks for the ping!
Don’t worry. They will screen all passengers as they deplane. Anyone without symptoms will be free to go.
What could go wrong with that?
You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!
or Ezekiel 7:15
(FWIW when I discussed the topic of ebola and our southern borders 3 weeks ago with my wife, she blurted out “Ezekiel 7 and 8”, which manifests a spiritual perception, because she generally doesn’t read Scripture and didn’t know what those chapters discussed. IMHO not a positive note for our prognosis.)
It is not just that the healthcare workers are dying, supplies are running short. Perhaps the 50% rate of recovery earlier was due to better care, not less virulent strain.
In animal studies, the antibody drugs worked best when given soon after infection, within a day or two. The antibody drug when combined with another drug (a recombinant immune system protein) was effective up to three days after infection.
That means that the drug has to be given before symptoms appear or when they are still mild, to have the most effect.
Although results from animals cannot be extrapolated directly to humans, I would say that the window of opportunity for everyone who has received the drug was long past by the time they got it. I am not surprised that two of the patients who received it died—they were well into the symptomatic phase of the disease when they got it, well past the stage where it has been shown effective in animal studies.
Almost every drug tested for Ebola has the weakness that it must be given before the virus has a chance to establish. And even if there were a good candidate, there is still the slight problem that it cannot be tested in humans in phase 3 efficacy trials. No one will ever volunteer to be infected with Ebola for efficacy trials, and it is unlikely a review board would ever approve such a study.
Except for the 30% or so that survive. The drug might help marginally in some cases where the patient was probably going to live anyway. I suspect the key factor in the survivers is some sort of immunization. They first caught some less lethal form or dose of the virus, then their immune system was able to fight off the lethal dose.
I was just basing my post on the repeated ‘This is the only dose we have!’....’No, this is the last one...’...’This is really the very very last one we have’.
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