Ebola patients buying survivors' blood from black market, WHO warns

[magical thyme]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/18/health/ebola-blood-black-market/

(CNN) -- As hospitals in nations hardest hit by Ebola struggle to keep up, desperate patients are turning to the black market to buy blood from survivors of the virus, the World Health Organization warned....

...Convalescent serum has been used to treat patients, including American aid worker Rick Sacra, who is hospitalized in Omaha, Nebraska. He got blood from Kent Brantly, a fellow American who survived Ebola. Both got infected when they were helping patients in Liberia.

Illicit trade

But unlike their situation, patients in affected nations are getting blood through improper channels. The illicit trade can lead to the spread of other infections, including HIV and other blood-related ailments.


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[hollysmom]

1. this will not end well,. Ick.

then comes the question, if you were not educated and fearful what would you do?