"The World Health Organization (WHO) said last week it would accelerate the use of experimental treatments and vaccines to contain the epidemic in West Africa. More than 200 Ebola experts met to discuss treatment options for patients, and said survivors’ blood could be used immediately to treat patients.
Officials said evidence for whether blood from survivors can help patients is mixed. Thousands have survived the virus, which has about a 50 percent death rate. " [my emphasis .... so I know not whether this will help]
As a caution I would note that many survivors would also carry HIV and we are talking about regions where patients arrive at clinics that lack any from or medical supplies or indeed food, clean water or bedding. Most affected people see the clinics as places of death and don't want to go there.
But yes we need tens of millions of doses of a vaccine to break the momentum.
