Ebola survivor Kent Brantly 'douchebag of the day' for thanking God for recovery

Posted at 7:20 pm on August 21, 2014 by Brett T.

Not long at all.

Released from Emory Hospital Thursday after experimental treatment for Ebola, Samaritan’s Purse Dr. Kent Brantly held a brief press conference to thank hospital staff as well as God for their role in his miraculous recovery. “I want to express my deep and sincere gratitude to Samaritan’s Purse, Emery and all of the people involved in my treatment and care,” said Brantly. “Above all, I am forever thankful to God for sparing my life.”

Ebola Patient Dr. Kent Brantly Says 'God Saved My Life': http://t.co/OOlwePTWiz via @YouTube
— Derek Etherington (@DEtherin) August 21, 2014

Amazingly, there were some who disparaged Brantly for thanking God.

Ebola Patient Dr. Kent Brantley is the Douchebag of the Day, thanking God rather than the doctors who saved his life. http://t.co/KtFtS3s1Vs
— Jeffrey Lebowski (@TheDudeBlog) August 21, 2014

Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantley says "God saved my life." – No, The drugs did.- This is an insult to the families of all who died of Ebola.
— Paul (@Data_Cables) August 21, 2014

Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantley says "God saved my life." I say it was the hard work of doctors, researchers, and pilots that saved his life
— Chris Lavoie (@RadioGuyChris) August 21, 2014

Ebola Patient Says God Saved My Life https://t.co/Js6RTDsVdg Really?Notice though, when he needed help, he went to a HOSPITAL, not a church
— LiberalPaul (@LiberalPaul) August 21, 2014

Great news that God saved American doctor Kent Brantly. I guess the 1300+ Africans just didn’t pray hard enough.
— The Bath Bird (@TheBathBird) August 21, 2014

Or it was the experimental drug. Either one I guess. RT@ABC Ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly says "God saved my life" http://t.co/CInAzi9agr
— BarstoolTrent (@BarstoolTrent) August 21, 2014

Dr. Kent Brantly says "God" saved him from Ebola.Yeah. I'm sure it had nothing to do with state-of-the art care and the experimental drugs.
— Melissa (@MissaMHx) August 21, 2014

Dr Kent Brantly survives Ebola after receiving some of the best medical care in the world yet still says "God saved my life." Sigh.
— Harry Salmon (@_HarrySalmon) August 21, 2014

Eh I respected Kent Brantly till he said god saved his life. No, you're amazing doctors and a new treatment saved your life dude.
— Sara DeMeo (@sadeyedlady15) August 21, 2014

https://twitter.com/BryarJRose/status/502577535864279040

A doctor thanking god, of all people, for his recovery from Ebola makes me laugh #KentBrantly
— Maryam M (@msladymare) August 21, 2014

Kent Brantly thanked his god for saving him from a deadly virus that his god allegedly created. "Loving" god that is.
— Jacob Lines (@JT_Lines) August 21, 2014

I'm happy for #KentBrantly but how can he as a doctor see death abroad and claim God favored his health. It's arrogant and ignorant.
— Wayne Thomas (@WV_FreeThinker) August 21, 2014

Dr. Kent Brantly thanks "god", ignores the medical professionals who actually saved his life. #AssholeOfTheDay
— Wiredpup (@wiredpup) August 21, 2014

#KentBrantly gets released from HOSPITAL after three weeks of TREATMENT for #Ebola and thanks god for saving his life. Yes, that happened.
— CJ Gonzalez (@29isnot30Eddie) August 21, 2014

Dr Kent Brantly lives thanks to breakthrough medicine and then thanks god for his survival. What a complete moron. #Ebola
— Daruna (@Darunatura) August 21, 2014

White people steady thanking God for stuff they get that has everything to do w/ how they're privileged in a WHITE world #KentBrantly #Ebola
— Joseph Boston (@ZenMarley) August 21, 2014

"God saved my life." –Dr. Kent BrantlyRiiiiiight, just ignore everyone and everything that ACTUALLY saved his life.Dick.
— Qrys Bin Thynkn (@QrysBinThynkn) August 21, 2014