Controversy is Growing Over Who Gets Ebola Secret Serum?

Contoversy is growing over who gets Ebola secret serum. Many African leaders, health officials, and citizens are outraged that an experimental “secret” serum called ZMAPP was made available to Dr. Kent Brantly and nurse Nancy Whitebol in an attempt to fend off the deadly Ebola virus. Please also see Can Gingko and Turmeric Help Stop Ebola? Many critical of this distribution point out that over 60 African doctors and nurses fighting the disease have perished from contracted Ebola infections without the drug being offered on an experimental basis. Now, three prominent Ebola experts are calling for experimental drugs including the Ebola secret serum and vaccines to be released. Peter Piot, David L. Heymann, and Jeremy Farrar said that each African nation affected should have the right to decide if these measures should be offered to their citizens. The World Health Organization has stated that they do not support distribution of any experimental treatment that has not been duly licensed and approved though normal regulatory channels. Supporters of the use of the “secret” serum from Mapp biopharmaceuticals in the two Americans point out that promising results of the serum used in monkeys was published in a widely available research publication. They further argue that the Ebola secret serum was released only after the sponsoring non-government organizations for Brantly and Whitebol specifically requested the manufacturer to release several doses. The CDC, ...
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