No Experimental Drug for Black Man with Ebola in Dallas - CDC says ZMapp "is all gone” and is “not going to be available anytime soon.”
/In photo, Dr. Kent Brantly, who was cured of Ebola met with the President in the White House on 9/16/14. [MORE]
From [HERE] The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the US is in critical condition at a Dallas hospital and is not receiving any of the new experimental drugs for the virus, which has killed over 3,400 people in Africa, media reports say.
Thomas Eric Duncan contracted the disease in Liberia and began to show symptoms after arriving in Texas two weeks ago, causing a panic that he could have infected another 10 individuals.
In photo, Nancy Writebol also cured of Ebola after using ZMap [MORE] and [MORE]
Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Duncan is in critical condition, adding that the patient is not receiving ZMapp – an experimental medicine – because it is “all gone” and is “not going to be available anytime soon.” The comments were made during a briefing with reporters on Sunday.
Above Dr. Rick Sacra, also cured of Ebola, talking about his recovery on 9/24/14. [MORE]
ZMapp, the experimental drug given to two American aid workers who contracted Ebola while serving in West Africa, is being manufactured as quickly as possible, but none will be available for six to eight weeks, says Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. Both aid workers were white men and made full recoveries. Duncan is Black.
Fauci also said that a vaccine to prevent Ebola is in early testing and data on whether it is safe should be available by year's end.
Appearing Sunday on "Face the Nation," Fauci said it is possible that at least one of the people who came into close contact with Duncan, who recently entered the United States from Liberia, could also come down with the virus. [MORE]
Above, another white man cured of Ebola, William Pooley, the first Briton to contract Ebola who later fully recovered from the disease. He was given the drug ZMapp on 8/26/14. [MORE]