Texas doctor with Ebola turns down serum

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23. it really depends on why they gave him a unit of blood

If his H&H have dropped below normal, that would indicate internal bleeding. In that case it is likely too late, and this is a last ditch effort to do something, anything.

But much of what they are doing is experimental. They may have given him a unit from the patient that survived specifically to see if introducing antibodies will help knock the virus back and buy him time to produce more of his own.

I don't think we've been specifically lied to regarding his condition, which continues to be stable but grave. I do think our government has been less than forthcoming about the risks should this reach our shores, and the chances of that happening.

I live in a tourist area and we are in our high season, so easily half the patients we treat right now are from "away," which includes from all over the world. I work in lab tech -- co-worker and I were talking about it just yesterday. She is watching, too. We are certainly concerned.

I did see one flat out lie today, where our government supposedly has notified medical staff what to watch out for. I know I haven't yet seen anything in our lab. It certainly would have been passed along, and they forward my work email to my home.