It's important to remember that not everyone who catches Ebola is doomed. Currently, the outbreak has a survival rate of about 40 percent. And good health care and early detection seems to be able to improve people's outcomes.
Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders posted a video interview with this patient — Sasobas Temé Sadnou — who survived. Take a look:
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