It will be interesting to see how well the British nurse fares now that he is in the UK receiving supportive therapy. Interesting sounds really cold, as if he is just some experimental organism, it isn't meant that way, but this man has received no 'wonder drug' so this is an ideal opportunity to see whether early and intensive support can help him pull through. From the sounds of it he is still relatively 'well' which would indicate that they have diagnosed him early which is good as they can start to provide supportive therapy right away before his immune system is overwhelmed.
Of course in Africa some of the patients do recover as well - if only we understood what the difference was between those that recover and those that do not (is it simply that the ones who present early enough have enough time to mount an immune system response whilst being given supportive therapy or are there other distinguishing factors?)
Anyway, I was rather dismayed to read some of the negative comments in the UK about bringing this man home. Anyone would think they were planning to dump him in the middle of Oxford Street to puke all over passers-by the way some people are getting hysterical over the issue.
