I wonder if Nina Pham will

[Anonymous]

Go back to work at that hospital?

[Anonymous]

They probably don't have a job for her right now.

[Anonymous]

She would be a great candidate for working in any of the isolation/ebola approved (for lack of better phrasing) hospitals in Dallas, or the country since she is now immune to the disease and has first hand experience as a caregiver and patient.

[Anonymous]

She'll likely be weak for weeks at least. Nursing requires stamina.

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Anonymous wrote:She would be a great candidate for working in any of the isolation/ebola approved (for lack of better phrasing) hospitals in Dallas, or the country since she is now immune to the disease and has first hand experience as a caregiver and patient.

but she is not guaranteed immunity to it, just likely to have it. I could understand reluctance to jump back in the fire.

[Anonymous]

I would love to see the growing number of recovered medical professionals form an Ebola-fighting team and head into the epicenter of the epidemic, with all the publicity and support that would hopefully bring with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love to see the growing number of recovered medical professionals form an Ebola-fighting team and head into the epicenter of the epidemic, with all the publicity and support that would hopefully bring with it.

They'd be like the Avengers or the Justice League, united to fight scary things with super-human abilities.

[Anonymous]

It might be enough for them to donate their serum to treat others.

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure she's not working anywhere for weeks -- maybe months. Kent Brantley got sick well before her and I don't think he's back to work yet. This virus does a number on your body and you internal organs -- she's going to be worn out for a while and may not be capable of doing 12-18 hr shifts on her feet at any hospital.

I hope she donates her plasma -- if she's able to -- should the need arise; I feel like she will.

She looked good today; glad to see she hasn't lost weight or anything. Though as I was watching the video, after she spoke she stood between her mother and sister and both at various times had linked arms with her and it seems like they kept talking to her as did the drs/nurses immediately behind her. I was wondering if they were asking if she was ok. She likely hasn't been out of bed much in a few weeks; having to shower, get dressed, walk out to the podium, give a 2 min speech may have been enough. The next 10 min while Fauci was talking I was wondering if she was really wishing they had done a sitting press conference indoors.

[Anonymous]

She's going on gma first.

[Anonymous]

She's only immune to one strain of ebola. She can still get the other 4. She also is immune suppressed so she can get very ill by just being around people. She is still a very sick person.

[Anonymous]

She will sell her story, it becomes a lifetime movie, she becomes a celebrity, she'll end as a cohost for the view and occasional stand in for Kelly Ripa.

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Anonymous wrote:She's only immune to one strain of ebola. She can still get the other 4. She also is immune suppressed so she can get very ill by just being around people. She is still a very sick person.

I was wondering this, if transfusion from a recovered patient would work for another random patient.

[Anonymous]

Or if it can hide in the body like chicken pox and pop up later

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Anonymous wrote:Or if it can hide in the body like chicken pox and pop up later

Nope. That's a characteristic of herpes viruses (of which chickenpox is one). Ebola can't do that any more than the flu can.