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Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:00 pm
by RealJustme
All four American Ebola cases have same blood type.
Texas nurse fighting Ebola receives blood transfusion from survivor Dr Kent Brantly - who also matched blood types with two others struck by the deadly virus in the U.S.
Nina Pham, 26, has received blood transfusion from Dr Kent Brantly
Survivor Brantly also donated to Dr Nick Sacra and NBC's Ashoka Mukpo
Antibodies in his blood could help the patients fight the disease

Re: Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:47 am
by sillydaddy
Sounds like if you get Ebola and have a rare blood type.....you're fucked.

Re: Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:37 am
by Clownkicker
^^^^^^I know when I want meaningful speculation about medical matters, the first place I go is to the dimwits on a porn discussion board.

Who knows what brilliant insights and breakthroughs they may stumble upon?


And why stop at blood type?
Where's johnforbes with some 'highly educated' and moronic medical comments on irritable bowels, belly fat, and plastic surgery as related to Ebola? :lol:

Maybe johnny will try to enlighten the clowns here about "statistically meaningful" population samples.(As if he could.)

Re: Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:19 pm
by sillydaddy
Well there's good news and bad news on the Ebola front. First the good news,...the nurse is stable and holding her own. I think that means she hasn't gotten any worse but still not out of the woods. The bad news is that now "they" have to keep an eye and monitor at least 100 people the nurse came in contact with, including her dog. And if one of those 100 tests positive.....well, soon, even Clownlicker, who see himself as the epitome of all things tranquil on this board....will be barricading himself in his basement.

Re: Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:28 pm
by RealJustme
Poor, poor Dr. Brantly, he was the first American to survive Ebola and has given blood transfusions to all four other American Ebola patients and now Doctors in Germany say Brantly's blood is an exact match for their two Ebola patients and may be asking he come to Germany to provide them blood transfusions.

Re: Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:21 pm
by sillydaddy
Dr. Brantly......nothing poor about him. He is the trillion dollar man. I'm thinking he has already been approached by Lilly, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and the like......wanting a piece of the pie.

Re: Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 3:40 pm
by RealJustme
Dr. Brantly......nothing poor about him. He is the trillion dollar man. I'm thinking he has already been approached by Lilly, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and the like......wanting a piece of the pie.
Good point!

Re: Does blood type influence those who get Ebola?

Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:08 pm
by johnforbes
I did not go to medical school. Members of my family did, but not me.

As to enlightening Clownslacker, all the light bulbs in the country could not accomplish that.