Ebola fears grow as infected patients set to return to the US for treatment

Ebola fears grow as infected patients set to return to the US for treatment

ATLANTA — When a plane took off from Georgia to meet two American missionaries fighting to survive Ebola hemorrhagic fever in West Africa, social media in the United States lit up with fearful reactions.

Many posts called for keeping the infected patients out of the country.EBOLA MAP
The medical charter flight that departed Cartersville on Thursday could bring Nancy Writebol or Dr. Kent Brantley back to a treatment facility around the corner from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Their conditions are worsening, says faith-based charity Samaritan’s Purse, which the two work with.

Their best chance to survive is to get back to the United States, says virologist Dr. Charles Chiu from the University of California San Francisco.

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If the plane returns with them lying in the microbial containment system erected in its bay, it will be the first known time that someone infected with Ebola has crossed into the United States.

Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol (Image: WSOC-TV)
Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol (Image: WSOC-TV)
Vast conspiracy

That news echoed back in a wave of concern ranging from worry to Hollywood “Outbreak” scenarios and Conspiracy theories.

“As much as I respect the Samaritan’s Purse workers with Ebola, I really don’t want it anywhere near the US,” a user posted to Twitter under the hashtag #EbolaOutbreak.

“Atlanta is 6 hours away & I know at least 2 people there. How many degrees of separation are between you and #ebola?” another asked.


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