Dr. Gabriel Fitzpatrick:

Based on my work in the region and having read the literature on ebola in my view we do not know a great deal about the ebola virus and how it affects different people. It is an area that requires a massive amount of research. What we have noticed in the areas where we have been working is that if patients arrive early to the treatment centres their chances of survival marginally improve. It is not that the treatment is a cure for ebola it is simply a case of the earlier the intervention the greater the chance of survival. We have not noticed a difference between the number of females, males, adults or children dying from the virus. The simple answer to the Chairman's question is we still do not know as much as we need to know about ebola.