Spanish
Priest Dies After Getting Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Thanks,
Cassandra.
This
priest supposedly came in contact with the virus, had the ‘secret serum’ and
died.
Is
the story true? Fear-mongering?
Does
this illustrate that the priest, at 75 years of age had a weak immune system?
That
the serum itself is potentially lethal? Or that it just doesn’t have a
high success rate, which was quoted as 43% in primate testing?
You
be the judge. ~ BP
Madrid: Spanish priest with Ebola dies
Published: 12 Aug 2014
Spanish
priest Miguel Pajares was transported from Liberia to Madrid’s Carlos III
hospital on August 7th. Photo: Iñaki Gomez/Ministry of Defence/AFP
Miguel
Pajares, a 75-year-old Spanish priest, has died after failing to respond to
treatment with the experimental drug ZMapp at Madrid’s Carlos III
hospital.
He died
at 9.28am on Tuesday morning, a spokesperson with Madrid’s health department
told The Local.
The
drug arrived at the hospital where the 75-year-old missionary was being
treated in isolation, the health ministry said in a statement late on
Saturday.
Spain’s
drug safety agency allowed the “exceptional importation” of ZMapp under a
law that allows “the use of non-authorized medications in cases where a
patent’s life is in danger and they can’t be treated satisfactorily with
an authorized medication,” it said.
ZMapp,
a treatment made by private US company Mapp Pharmaceuticals, is still in
an extremely early phase of development and had only been
tested previously on monkeys.
The use
of the medication has sparked an ethical controversy as experts call for
it to be made available to African nations.
Pajares
was repatriated from Liberia and arrived in Madrid on August 7th. The priest
had previously been in isolation at the Hospitaller Order of Saint
John of God hospital in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
He came
down with Ebola virus after visiting the director of the hospital, who has
since died of the disease.
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