"" By Steve Norder
ATLANTA (Reuters) - An American aid worker
infected with the deadly Ebola virus while in
Liberia arrived in the United States from West
Africa on Saturday and was able to walk from
an ambulance into an Atlanta hospital for
treatment in a special isolation unit.
A chartered medical aircraft carrying Dr. Kent
Brantly touched down at Dobbins Air Reserve
Base in Marietta, Georgia, shortly before noon.
Brantly was driven by ambulance, with police
escort, to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta
for treatment in a specially equipped room.
Television news footage showed the
ambulance stop outside the hospital, and
three people in white biohazard suits stepped
gingerly out of the vehicle.
Two of them walked into the building, one
seeming to lean on the other for support. A
hospital spokesman confirmed that Brantly
walked into the building under his own power.
Dr. Jay Varkey, an infectious disease
specialist at Emory, said he could not
comment on a treatment plan until Brantly
had been evaluated. Since there is no known
cure, standard procedures, according to the
World Health Organization, are to provide
hydration with solutions containing
electrolytes or intravenous fluids.
Brantly works for the North Carolina-based
Christian organization Samaritan's Purse. A
second infected member of the group,
missionary Nancy Writebol, will be brought to
the United States on a later flight, as the
medical aircraft is equipped to carry only one
patient at a time.
Brantly and Writebol were helping respond to
the worst West African Ebola outbreak on
record when they contracted the disease.
Since February, more than 700 people in the
region have died from the infection.""
Link.


Him wallking into the hospital looked like a scene from a movie.

I heard about this last night. And yes, it reminded me of the movie ET.

Video of him arriving at the hospital.....


http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WRmJyJc...ogle&gl=US

Its here in Nigeria but the man died...sources says some few other persons are infected

About 700 deaths so far i heard its scary sh!t

Update....


"" Two American aid workers treated for
Ebola are scheduled to be released from
an Atlanta hospital today.
Emory University Hospital announced
early Thursday that it will discuss their
discharge.
Bruce Ribner, medical director of the
hospital's Infectious Disease Unit, will talk
about the decision to release the patients
during a press conference at 11 a.m. ET.
The hospital said one of the patients, Kent
Brantly, will be present at the conference
and is expected to make a statement. He
will not answer questions or conduct
interviews, and will to go to an
undisclosed location with his wife and
children after the conference.
Brantly and another American, Nancy
Writebol, were flown to the Emory from
West Africa. They have been treated in the
hospital's specialized unit and have
received supportive care aimed at keeping
them hydrated and stable. Writebol was a
volunteer with another aid group, SIM
USA.
Both also received doses of an
experimental drug, called Zmapp, which
includes man-made antibodies against
Ebola. Although Zmapp has shown
promise in animals, it has not yet been
tested in humans. Experts have said it's
not possible to conclude that Zmapp
cured their disease, although getting good
supportive care at Emory, one of the
world's best hospitals, likely improved
their chances of survival.""
Link.

Ok, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but this is suspicious to me...

Haha!

@WalkSoftly: Shuddup! I had to use my hat for a casserole :-( hahaha

Oh sh!t just heard australia has it first suspected case a man recently returned from the congo