Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an ebolavirus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. Typically nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea follow, along with decreased functioning of the liver and kidneys. Around this time, affected people may begin to bleed both within the body and externally.
Relevant Article: http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/08/12/339841723/the-ethical-issues-in-using-an-experimental-ebola-drug
There were two American missionaries who returned home earlier with Ebola. They’re being treated right now in Atlanta. And as part of their treatment they had been given an experimental serum, which raises questions about who gets experimental drugs in a crisis like this. The World Health Organization is holding a meeting of medical ethicists today and they’ll be discussing questions just like this. Personally I find this issue a very complicated one as the intentions of the various people involved are different and I believe they too want the best for everyone. However the issue that concerns me is the fact that why did America had to wait for its own people who got the disease before they announce that they had been experimenting on drugs against ebola. What ever the reason is, I see it as a selfish act.
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