ATLANTA (AP) — At least one of the two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Africa has recovered and was to be discharged Thursday from an Atlanta hospital, a spokeswoman for the aid group he was working for said.
Alison Geist, a spokeswoman for Samaritan's Purse, told The Associated Press she did not know the exact time Dr. Kent Brantly would be released but confirmed it would happen Thursday.
Emory University Hospital planned to hold a news conference Thursday morning to discuss both patients' discharge. Brantly will speak but won't take questions, according to a news release. Emory spokeswoman Holly Korschun did not give further details on either patient, citing privacy concerns
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I got a question about this. Now don't get me wrong I love it when someone beats a virus, but think about chicken pox for a minute.
Chicken pox is usualy something we get as kids, overcome it with some discomfort, and then decades later it can emerge as shingles. It seemingly burrows into the spinal nerves and hides there, waiting for a trigger later in life. So since we carry chicken pox virii with us forever, don't ebola survivors carry it for life? Won't they be potentially contageous for life?
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