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[quote=Anonymous]I think that MSF has figured out that plasma-transfusion from a survivor is as close to a practical, usable, immediately-available "cure" as we have right now. And, as the epidemic has grown, so has the pool of survivors (about 30% of those who contract it in Africa manage to survive). Those Ebola survivors are the donor pool for plasma. These facts, combined with prevention education and the construction of new crematoriums, seem to be making a difference for the better. I believe the promising new vaccines will help contain this outbreak. I also believe that as a result of the Ebola situation, the USA is better prepared for a more dangerous viral threat: deadly forms of influenza such as bird flu and swine flu - both of which mutate at a rate 100 times that of the Ebola/Marburg virus. Some forms of influenza can, and probably will, mutate to become more communicable and more deadly. [/quote]
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