Ebola Is Now Curable

Re:Ebola Is Now Curable by taneq on Monday August 12, 2019 @06:16PM (#20680647)

If I were facing a 75-90% chance of dying, I think I’d be pretty happy to reduce that to 6-30%.

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Re:Ebola Is Now Curable by millisecond on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:46AM (#20686328)

But I wouldn’t call the disease “cured”.

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Re:Ebola Is Now Curable by jzymbaluk on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:52PM (#20689033)

That's probably why they use the word "curable"

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Re:Ebola Is Now Curable by rpmisms on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:32AM (#20686789)

But that is cureable, just not guaranteed. You are more likely to live than die with this treatment.

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Re:Ebola Is Now Curable by cjblomqvist on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @05:35PM (#20690531)

Or cure just mean for the people which it works for, they are cured. Contrast with medicines slowing down the effects such as HIV medicine.

In other words, cure is probably the right word, just not for everybody.

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Re:Ebola Is Now Curable by fluffything on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:30AM (#20686768)

Particularly if I was in the 30% that still dies from it.

Although if I were to die from it I wouldn't probably be able to call it anything.

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