Ebola Survivor Dr Kent Brantly Credits God For His Survival In Bizarre Press Conference

“TODAY is a miraculous day. I am thrilled to be alive, to be well and to be reunited with my family.” Dr Kent Brantly’s first public statement since contracting Ebola in Liberia almost a month ago kicked off all well and good, but it wasn’t long before the 33-year-old’s speech took a bizarre turn. Mr Brantly’s speech was an important milestone in the Ebola movement. He and his colleague, Nancy Writebol, are the first individuals to have received an experimental treatment, and the first Western survivors to speak out after contracting the virus. But instead of mentioning the science behind the treatment that most likely saved his life, he took a spiritual turn. His speech soon sounded like a sermon. After an earlier statement from his isolation room, where he thanked “God for His mercy” and believed “God often leads us to unexpected places”, it should have come as no surprise. Brantly began by sharing how he and his family came to be in Liberia; medical missionaries who moved to West Africa because “God called us to serve the people of Liberia”.