Dr. Bruce Polsky: “Preventing deaths from Ebola”
Why did a Liberian national in Dallas succumb to the Ebola virus when others in America have survived it?
Why did a Liberian national in Dallas succumb to the Ebola virus when others in America have survived it?" As with any infection, the severity of the Ebola infection depends on several things, and very importantly it depends on the amount of Ebola the individual is exposed to," says Bruce Polsky, MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai Roosevelt. Dr. Polsky adds "We have no way of knowing how much he was exposed to, but we can presume it was likely more than the health care workers who were wearing some form of personal protective equipment." Learn more
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