http://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/on-the-science-and-ethics-of-ebola-treatments/ http://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/on-the-science... (re

http://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/on-the-science-and-ethics-of-ebola-treatments/ http://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/on-the-science... (related HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8189528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8189528) The second paragraph does a good job of summing up ethical concerns related to this particular outbreak (standard ethical concerns also apply): "The first two patients to be treated were Americans. Prior to this came the old (and historically justified) fear of testing potentially dangerous new treatments on vulnerable populations in developing countries rather than on privileged first world patients. The first ever treatment was not given to an African doctor because of this concern [1]. After Westerners were treated, complaints rose about giving infected Westerners access to a new drug while infected Africans went without. These two concerns are obviously mutually exclusive. People are concerned, they are just not sure about what, sometimes even voicing both concerns in the same article [2]."