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Clever strategy Dr. Muyembe set out on his path to an Ebola treatment during the 1995 outbreak. He transferred blood from five survivors to eight patients, hop
by baxtr 7y ago
Clever strategy
Dr. Muyembe set out on his path to an Ebola treatment during the 1995 outbreak. He transferred blood from five survivors to eight patients, hoping that the antibodies that kept some people alive would keep others from dying. Seven of the patients who received the blood transfusion recovered.
- akiselev 7y agoI wonder what an Ethics Review Board would have to say about this...
- baldfat 7y agoWell lets see? It had a 90% death rate as a disease I would gladly give, receive or beg for it for myself or my child.
- Iv 7y agoNote that the survivability of Ebola is much higher if you are in an hospital. Basically, if you have access to IV hydration.
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- zamadatix 7y agoAbout what particularly? Blood transfusions in general are neither new nor rare.
- __s 7y agoNote it's survivors, not still sick patients, having their blood taken
- Fomite 7y agoSerum based treatments are a known and well-documented technique, and not particularly exotic or unethical.
- markdown 7y agoIt's the first thing I'd try... because I've seen it done in movies.
- nickles 7y agoThis seems similar to an old technique, 'inoculation', which predates vaccination and was used with some success to protect against smallpox. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoculation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoculation
- maxerickson 7y agoIt's like horse serum. It isn't a less deadly infection conferring the benefit, it is the immune system components of the blood, the antibodies. https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/horse-serum https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/horse-serum