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1st Ebola patient diagnosed in the US has died

O2bnVegas
O2bnVegas
Oct 13, 2014
11:12am
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Originally posted by: snidely333


I hadn't thought of that.


Russia's former (note, former) chief medical officer.
Nothing in that title impresses me much.
I'd be very surprised if he has been on the cutting edge of ebola research and treatment.
snidely333
snidely333
Oct 13, 2014
11:33am
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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
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Originally posted by: friedmush
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Originally posted by: snidely333


I hadn't thought of that.


Russia's former (note, former) chief medical officer.
Nothing in that title impresses me much.
I'd be very surprised if he has been on the cutting edge of ebola research and treatment.


Every zombie book or movie has a doubter like you in the beginning of the story. .
Terry Locke
Terry Locke
Oct 13, 2014
11:41am
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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
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Originally posted by: friedmush
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Originally posted by: snidely333


I hadn't thought of that.


Russia's former (note, former) chief medical officer.
Nothing in that title impresses me much.
I'd be very surprised if he has been on the cutting edge of ebola research and treatment.


I'm just being goofy. Dry humor doesn't work real well on message boards.
Don
Don
Oct 13, 2014
8:31pm
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Originally posted by: snidely333
I do drug research. We're not allowed to talk about it.


snidely333
snidely333
Oct 14, 2014
1:32am
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Originally posted by: snidely333
I do drug research. We're not allowed to talk about it.



That was my undergraduate research.
hoops2
hoops2
Oct 14, 2014
2:52am
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Originally posted by: malibber2
I do find it odd that the U.S. and apparently the Canadian government both have experimental treatments sitting on the shelves that nobody ever heard about until Ebola patients hit North American soil.


I believe it was a test drug & we ran out of it after 2 patients
snidely333
snidely333
Oct 14, 2014
3:38am
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Originally posted by: malibber2
I do find it odd that the U.S. and apparently the Canadian government both have experimental treatments sitting on the shelves that nobody ever heard about until Ebola patients hit North American soil.


I believe it was a test drug & we ran out of it after 2 patients


I just love to discuss medical ethics. What if this ZMapp drug works but costs $100,000 per patient to produce. Who picks up that tab? If there is not enough for all patients, who gets it first while others wait? Do you give it to the sickest patients with a 30% chance of recovery or the least sickest with a 90% chance of recovery with the drug?

By federal law, you can't profit from an experimental drug and you can't charge patients for it.
malibber2
malibber2
Oct 14, 2014
9:58am
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I am sure there is a lot more than enough to treat two patients sitting around. It is just a case of who gets it has already been decided.


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Originally posted by: hoops2
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Originally posted by: malibber2
I do find it odd that the U.S. and apparently the Canadian government both have experimental treatments sitting on the shelves that nobody ever heard about until Ebola patients hit North American soil.


I believe it was a test drug & we ran out of it after 2 patients


Don
Don
Oct 14, 2014
7:55pm
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Originally posted by: malibber2
I am sure there is a lot more than enough to treat two patients sitting around. It is just a case of who gets it has already been decided.
DonDiego requests a reference on which malibber bases his certainty.

Until malibber reveals his source of Ebola cures "lying around", DonDiego offers an article from the
International Business Times discussing the status of the known treatments, . . . i. ZMapp in the USA at facilities in Kentucky and at Texas A&M, ii. TKM-Ebola from Canada, iii. JK-05, based on an earlier Fujifilm drug, being fast-tracked in China, and a vaccine undergoing trials in Canada.
Don
Don
Oct 14, 2014
8:00pm
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Originally posted by: snidely333
I just love to discuss medical ethics. What if this ZMapp drug works but costs $100,000 per patient to produce. Who picks up that tab? If there is not enough for all patients, who gets it first while others wait? Do you give it to the sickest patients with a 30% chance of recovery or the least sickest with a 90% chance of recovery with the drug?
Umm, . . . application of any cure pr'bly should be based upon the number of "likes" one has on Facebook. [Poor old DonDiego is shit-out-of-luck.]
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