Wired article – ‘How Science beat Ebola’  

Written by Dr Alex Kumar

Edited by João Medeiros is Features Director for Wired magazine

 

 

As doctors prepare to stop issuing vaccinations, all the evidence suggests that quick thinking and better use of technology on the ground has helped avoid another Ebola epidemic.

 

I sat still watching a stranger die. She was just 27; her breathing became erratic, nearing a standstill, her head flopped over to look at me, her eyes glazed over and her stare became distant. She died alone, at an isolation unit known as Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Sierra Leone. I could not reach out to hold her hand. With no hope, no vaccine, no effective treatment, no cure, I was overwhelmed, beaten and felt desperately hopeless, spending my time helping people to die more comfortably.

 

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How science beat Ebola

I sat still watching a stranger die. She was just 27; her breathing became erratic, nearing a standstill, her head flopped over to look at me, her eyes glazed over and her stare became distant. She died alone, at an isolation unit known as Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Sierra Leone.