Sierra Leone's chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus
><i>Ebola kills up to 90 percent of those infected and there is no cure or vaccine</i><p>Apparently this strand of the virus "only" kills 63% of the patients[1]. Even if it doesn't kill him, does anybody know what are the consequences of having suffered from ebola?<p>I don't mean to disrespect his work, and I'm asking this without having any clue: Why is this doctor so important? If there is no cure, what was his main role? Can't he be easily "replaced" by another brave person that is also willing to risk his life?<p>On another note, the article says that ebola has killed 600 people. Apparently this strand of ebola "only" killed 63% of the people that contract the disease. So far 964 people contracted the disease in a country of more than 6 million people. Aren't HIV or Hep C worst threats than ebola?<p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus</a>