Dr. Kent Brantly, the victim of Ebola taken to Emory Hospital in Atlanta, walked out of the hospital cured of the disease. He and Nancy Writebol are the first patients to be treated for and cured of Ebola in the States. In Brantly’s case, the Samaritan’s Purse worker was the first person to be treated with ZMapp, an experimental serum designed to fight the virus. President of Samaritan’s Purse Franklin Graham wrote an op-ed in USA Today defending the decision to bring Brantly back to the U.S. to treat him. “[O]ne of the first things he and his family wanted to know when they arrived in Atlanta was how soon they could return to medical work overseas. In other words, this drug is being used to save a doctor who will say thank you by returning to some of the darkest, dirtiest, loneliest places on earth to bring hope and healing to others.” Furthermore, now that he’s had Ebola, Brantly is immune to that particular strain of the virus. More…