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by lotsofmangos 4293 days ago
It seems reasonably proportionate not to suspend all regulations on drug testing. If you did that then the vitamin peddlers out to make a fast buck would swamp anything that might actually help. The amount of con artists massively outnumbers the amount of people with a cure for Ebola.

I agree that it may be an idea to look at trying some of the experimental treatments, however given there is a 50% chance of surviving with palliative care and that we know how to stop it spreading given the resources, I am not sure that turning the situation into an unregulated free-for-all for every quack looking to make their name will really help matters.