We have the cure for ebola, Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital announces

[ciliate]

Vaccination is solely a preventive measure. And how exactly were the antibodies generated? I doubt there is an Ebola strain in the whole of Thailand. They must have used some other haemorrhaghic fever virus.

Nevertheless, I am giving the benefit of the doubt. Let's wait until Thursday and see what the team has to say.

[motoguzzibob]

Wasn't that British nurse cured in London recently?

No-one knows - I mean that the doctors don't know if the nurse would've have survived, anyway. They particularly made the point that there was no real evidence to suggest to link his recovery to the drug - as has been pointed out here, trials are usually a very long winded affair in the West.

They are trialling drugs in the UK to see if there are any negative affects on people (as opposed to animals) - one has to assume that the medical world think they have is a possible cure and it would seem they are speeding up the trial system. Does that suggest they are more worried then they are willing to publically admit about the Ebola outbreak (rhetorical question, by the way!)?

[Upset]

And to think that they want to promote Thailand as the Medical Hub! I used to think highly of Siriraj Hospital.....no longer. Do not worry...the headline is definitely misleading compared to what the smart arsed buffoons are expected to say on Thursday. They are most probably hiring a PR firm to draft their speeches now that they realised that they made a mistake ....though the news in Thai got positive response as it made thais even more nationalistic and xenophobic as every Somchai and Ying in the street is marvelling at how great Thailand is !

They also will find the cure for cancer, hiv and you name it soon.

[Upset]

And to think that they want to promote Thailand as the Medical Hub! I used to think highly of Siriraj Hospital.....no longer. Do not worry...the headline is definitely misleading compared to what the smart arsed buffoons are expected to say on Thursday. They are most probably hiring a PR firm to draft their speeches now that they realised that they made a mistake ....though the news in Thai got positive response as it made thais even more nationalistic and xenophobic as every Somchai and Ying in the street is marvelling at how great Thailand is !

They also will find the cure for cancer, hiv and you name it soon.

[Artisi]

Oh, how much I wish that this official Thai statement would not just be hot air, like countless others before (no more floodings, rice farmers will be paid in full, the end for beach jet ski punks, internet hub here, travel hub there, blabla, blablablaba... almost like a #UCI<ING Furby...

You have to keep the masses fully up todate as well as fully entertained, can't rely only on soapies and stupid game shows.

[ciliate]

According to its report, researchers at Siriraj Hospital have developed the world's first vaccine that can cure infected patients.

Could someone knowledgeable please explain whether there is a difference between a 'vaccine' and a 'cure'?

A vaccine prevents disease. An example is the childhood vaccines you likely got growing up: mumps, poliomyelitis, measles, pertussis etc. Once you get the vaccine you can hung out with other kids that have mumps and you won't get it. There are vaccines only for a handful of diseases.

A cure is a drug or a combination of drugs administered once you have the disease. Often times the drugs provide relief from the symptoms of the disease. For instance, anti fever medication does not cure the flu but it does drop the fever for a while.

That is it in a nutshell

[Artisi]

And to think that they want to promote Thailand as the Medical Hub! I used to think highly of Siriraj Hospital.....no longer. Do not worry...the headline is definitely misleading compared to what the smart arsed buffoons are expected to say on Thursday. They are most probably hiring a PR firm to draft their speeches now that they realised that they made a mistake ....though the news in Thai got positive response as it made thais even more nationalistic and xenophobic as every Somchai and Ying in the street is marvelling at how great Thailand is !

They also will find the cure for cancer, hiv and you name it soon.

A cure for cancer, HIV etc. will be a walk in the park if they put their thinking caps on.

[soalbundy]

What's the cure, death?

Very Funny However the truth is once Thai Doctors find cures for diseases The Thai medical services are far advance than those in the West

Thais live much longer the those in the West

That is rubbish,look it up,the life expectancy of a Thai is lower than that of someone in the west,they are probably grateful for that as well

[Artisi]

According to its report, researchers at Siriraj Hospital have developed the world's first vaccine that can cure infected patients.

Could someone knowledgeable please explain whether there is a difference between a 'vaccine' and a 'cure'?

A vaccine prevents disease. An example is the childhood vaccines you likely got growing up: mumps, poliomyelitis, measles, pertussis etc. Once you get the vaccine you can hung out with other kids that have mumps and you won't get it. There are vaccines only for a handful of diseases.

A cure is a drug or a combination of drugs administered once you have the disease. Often times the drugs provide relief from the symptoms of the disease. For instance, anti fever medication does not cure the flu but it does drop the fever for a while.

That is it in a nutshell

"A vaccine prevents disease. An example is the childhood vaccines you likely got growing up: mumps, poliomyelitis, measles, pertussis etc. Once you get the vaccine you can hung out with other kids that have mumps and you won't get it. There are vaccines only for a handful of diseases."

No vaccine ensures 100% protection.

[Showbags]

Its on the shelf next to the bullshite cure....

[soalbundy]

And to think that they want to promote Thailand as the Medical Hub! I used to think highly of Siriraj Hospital.....no longer. Do not worry...the headline is definitely misleading compared to what the smart arsed buffoons are expected to say on Thursday. They are most probably hiring a PR firm to draft their speeches now that they realised that they made a mistake ....though the news in Thai got positive response as it made thais even more nationalistic and xenophobic as every Somchai and Ying in the street is marvelling at how great Thailand is !

They also will find the cure for cancer, hiv and you name it soon.

A cure for cancer, HIV etc. will be a walk in the park if they put their thinking caps on.

just say caps,that's enough,this is Thailand, thinking is superfluous.

[ciliate]

According to its report, researchers at Siriraj Hospital have developed the world's first vaccine that can cure infected patients.

Could someone knowledgeable please explain whether there is a difference between a 'vaccine' and a 'cure'?

A vaccine prevents disease. An example is the childhood vaccines you likely got growing up: mumps, poliomyelitis, measles, pertussis etc. Once you get the vaccine you can hung out with other kids that have mumps and you won't get it. There are vaccines only for a handful of diseases.

A cure is a drug or a combination of drugs administered once you have the disease. Often times the drugs provide relief from the symptoms of the disease. For instance, anti fever medication does not cure the flu but it does drop the fever for a while.

That is it in a nutshell

"A vaccine prevents disease. An example is the childhood vaccines you likely got growing up: mumps, poliomyelitis, measles, pertussis etc. Once you get the vaccine you can hung out with other kids that have mumps and you won't get it. There are vaccines only for a handful of diseases."

No vaccine ensures 100% protection.

Agreed. 80% is what trials aim for...Nothing is 100%

[Tongdee]

Have to admit to being a bit skeptical of this claim. Did it get to human trials? If not, then jumping the gun on this announcement. Then the steps of getting FDA approval internationally can take months to years. The below announced Sept. 17, 2014. Though they say vaccine rather than cure.

First British volunteer injected with trial Ebola vaccine in Oxford

If vaccine tested on Ruth Atkins and other healthy volunteers is found to work, it will be fast-tracked for use in west Africa

More here - TheGaurdian

Human trials???????? I don't see them mentioned and feel that animal trials would be scientific evidence of a"Cure" as stated.

The FDA is related to what country(s). Beholden to what corporate entitys. Approves Monsatans patented Pesticide built right into the food.(how can that not be a good thing)

FDA aproval is not an endorsement I seek in matters of health. Garlic, tumeric, ginger, papaya leaf do not have "FDA aproval as medicine.

For those infected, a multi year billion dollar aproved dosage testing regime is not relevant. Altho it sure helps corporate profits when its patentable... ... ...

Have a nice day and be alive next week

To the researchers making the claim THank you & I sincearly hope you are on a right track... ... ...

[blowin]

My brother just got out of Free town Sierra Leone this morning. He said its very serious and a lot more are dying in the bush than are being reported but he is happy to be out of there till January .

[djjamie]

"researchers at Siriraj Hospital have developed the world's first vaccine that can cure infected patients"

Yep, I also remember the statement, "that is blood on those jeans"

I will believe it when it is proven true.

[soalbundy]

My brother just got out of Free town Sierra Leone this morning. He said its very serious and a lot more are dying in the bush than are being reported but he is happy to be out of there till January .

I bet the ones dying in the bush are happy as well, any road out of Siera Leone has got to be a good one.

[petedk]

It is correct that a vaccine prevents the disease and doesn't cure it.

If they really have found a cure, why wait until Thursday? About 100 people are dying each day of Ebola, so why not release details now.

[Jack Mountain]

Do you really think when, somebody/country developes a vaccin or cure, that the 'powers to be' will allow it? Ofcourse they will be ridiculed! No matter a scientific breakthrough or not ...

[bluebluewater]

Here is next years headline . . .

Thailand wins ANOTHER Nobel Prize!

[spacemand]

My brother just got out of Free town Sierra Leone this morning. He said its very serious and a lot more are dying in the bush than are being reported but he is happy to be out of there till January .

Yep could be a million by the end of the year according to some sources.

This thing is serious but until you see 5-10 deaths in US or Western Europe people don't care and by then its to late.

Edited September 29, 2014 by spacemand

[soalbundy]

Do you really think when, somebody/country developes a vaccin or cure, that the 'powers to be' will allow it? Ofcourse they will be ridiculed! No matter a scientific breakthrough or not ...

I can't agree with you on that,apart from that what has Thailand ever developed,even prostitution was a going concern before Thailand was a ''country'' so they can't even claim that, lady boys perhaps.

[penwithcris]

The Ebola virus is clearly deadly if left untreated but it has been shown in several recent cases that with proper medical treatment the disease can be overcome

More than one Westerner has returned to the West and, having been properly treated, fully recovered

It is like saying that there is a cure for HIV

Sophisticated drug treatment can arrest HIV and allow the sufferer quite a good quality of life

Unfortunately poverty and treatment for Ebola HIV malaria etc do not go hand in hand

[soalbundy]

My brother just got out of Free town Sierra Leone this morning. He said its very serious and a lot more are dying in the bush than are being reported but he is happy to be out of there till January .

Yep could be a million by the end of the year according to some sources.

This thing is serious but until you see 5-10 deaths in US or Western Europe people don't care and by then its to late.

You are correct in one way,Africa is way out of our experience sphere, it doesn't really matter to most of us if we are honest ( PC's aside) but you are wrong about it being to late if it occurs in the US or Europe, it would be quickly contained and logic would prevail, no mumbo jumbo, no witch doctors.

[soalbundy]

The Ebola virus is clearly deadly if left untreated but it has been shown in several recent cases that with proper medical treatment the disease can be overcome

More than one Westerner has returned to the West and, having been properly treated, fully recovered

It is like saying that there is a cure for HIV

Sophisticated drug treatment can arrest HIV and allow the sufferer quite a good quality of life

Unfortunately poverty and treatment for Ebola HIV malaria etc do not go hand in hand

Ebola, HIV, Malaria, natures contraceptive.

[Smurkster]

To anyone who said Thais live longer than those in the west....Please check your data

Edited September 29, 2014 by Smurkster

[biplanebluey]

Cure for Ebola?

I'm not sure it can be cured with amoxy.

Not sure what "amoxy" is and can find no ref to it anywhere so all I can say is -----what the devil are you talking about ??

[surangw]

aren't they still trying to find a cure for epoxy ?

[nakhonandy]

Well it would be the first cure for a virus as far as I know.

Vaccine, now that's another issue

[kriswillems]

Without a vaccine 50% of the ebola patients dies.

With this vaccine 50% will survive!

That's a difference of 100%!

[IAMSOBAD]

Thais can't even pronounce EBOLA..much less cure it.

"Next EBON PATIENT DR. WILL CURE YOU NOW! Pay first!"

Edited September 29, 2014 by IAMSOBAD