You guys are absolutely correct. Of course the bottleneck is doctors and bedspace. But I think we can focus on what we can affect.
Sincerely, Boris (Baruch) Kogan +972-58-441-3829 (Israel) (608)852-9993 (US) CEO, SwarmBuild www.swarmbuild.com http://blog.swarmbuild.com On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <[email protected]> wrote: > Another word of caution regarding Ebola survivors: given the high case > fatality rate, the exponential spread of the epidemic, and that it takes > several months for survivors to clear all the virus out of their system, > the ratio of sick patients to virus-free survivors is likely to be at least > 20:1 or more. > > These people are a very precious resource. But they are also human beings > who have already gone through a tremendous ordeal, may have lingering > health consequences, and likely have seen dozens of friends and family > members die around them. And as Ellen already mentioned - everybody in the > world is already planning how to best bleed them dry for their antibodies > or how to put them to work in Ebola wards... > > I think the focus really needs to be the other way around: how can we best > support these survivors, get them in touch with family members, give them > psychological support, and combat any stigma there may be around having had > Ebola. Once we have that in place, we can offer them the opportunity to > *volunteer* to help in the fight against Ebola, if they choose to do so. > > Patrik > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Ellen Jorgensen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think this sort of thinking is very good-hearted but naive. Basic med >> supplies are not the problem, what they need is more docs and more beds. >> With a disease so deadly nobody is going to want to trust their lives to >> DIY-grade equipment. For example the dremelfuge has no housing and the >> aerosol from it sprays the operator. >> >> Patrik and I just came back from 2 days in Washington DC at an >> OSTP-hosted hack session for Ebola. There we learned that the survivors are >> a group to be handled with care- everyone is trying to study them, get >> their plasma, get them to work in the wards. They are overwhelmed. So this >> idea of making it easier to get their plasma has to take that into account- >> I would guess there is already plenty of equipment there to do that but not >> a lot of cooperation by volunteers. >> >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Boris Kogan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> We're SwarmBuild, an online platform for digital fabrication and >>> engineering. We are running a challenge for the DIY bio community and maker >>> movement to create an open source, digitally fabricatable toolkit to help >>> fight Ebola. Please check it out, spread the word and participate. I think >>> that the fast turnaround time and ability to work within a low budget makes >>> this movement ideally suited to come up with economical solutions to help >>> medical personnel on the ground fight the epidemic. >>> >>> >>> http://blog.swarmbuild.com/diy-bio-killer-app-challenge-fighting-ebola-with-digital-fabrication/ >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> Boris (Baruch) Kogan >>> +972-58-441-3829 (Israel) >>> (608)852-9993 (US) >>> CEO, SwarmBuild >>> www.swarmbuild.com >>> http://blog.swarmbuild.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ellen D. Jorgensen, Ph.D. >> Executive Director & Co-founder >> Genspace NYC >> 33 Flatbush Ave. >> Brooklyn NY 11217 >> > >
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