Warning on ebola from U.S. doctor who survived it

Sunday, July 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- Dr. Kent brantly, the first American to contract the Ebola virus, is calling for global action against the disease, which is still a serious threat

Writing in an op-ed in the Washington post, Brantly, who recently went back to Liberia on a visit, says while most of America has already put Ebola in the history books, the struggle continues in West Africa.

Guinea & Sierra Leone have 20 to 30 new cases a week, and there have been new ones in Liberia in recent weeks.
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Brantly says fear trumped compassion and science in public health policy and most other reactions in the U.S to Ebola last year.

And he feels that will have far-reaching effects, by marginalizing nations with Ebola cases and preventing them from building stronger health systems.

"We too quickly give up on caring for people with a protracted need for help, leaving the defenseless to fend for themselves," he wrote.



Brantly calls for countries around the world to decide on a response and to choose compassion over apathy.
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