A small private jet based in Atlanta was flown to Liberia to bring back one of the two American missionaries sick with Ebola. Dr. Kent Brantly arrived back in the U.S. Saturday morning in serious condition.
But officials say Brantly was able to walk from an ambulance into the isolation unit of an Atlanta hospital as he arrived.
“We feel that we have the environment and expertise to safely care for these patients and offer them the maximum opportunity for recovery from these infections,” said Dr. Bruce Ribner, a professor from Emory School of Medicine’s Infectious Diseases division.
Dr. Brantley is the first known Ebola patient in the U.S. He caught the virus while helping other Ebola patients in Liberia. According to the World Health Organization, Ebola has killed as many as 729 people in west Africa.
Hopefully, Dr. Brantly won’t be the next. Americans are concerned about Ebola making our country its new home.
President Obama says, “keep in mind that Ebola is not something that is easily transmitted, that’s why generally outbreaks dissipate.”
Even though experts say the virus isn’t airborne or waterborne, just thinking of how deadly it is, it’s putting a strain on many of us.
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