--- title: Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly 'Not Worried' About Stigma description: Speaks to NBC's Matt Lauer about surviving disease canonical: https://time.com/3263690/ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly-stigma/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-03T14:30:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:59:06.651Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly 'Not Worried' About Stigma og:description: Speaks to NBC's Matt Lauer about surviving disease og:url: https://time.com/3263690/ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly-stigma/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6094b644b061f593/6986a1c5e53abaa6154d43f8/kent-brantley-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dr. Kent Brantly speaks during a press conference announcing his release from Emory Hospital on Aug. 21, 2014 in Atlanta. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Survivor Dr. Kent Brantly 'Not Worried' About Stigma twitter:description: Speaks to NBC's Matt Lauer about surviving disease twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6094b644b061f593/6986a1c5e53abaa6154d43f8/kent-brantley-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # American Ebola Survivor 'Not Worried' About Stigma by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Sep 3, 2014 2:30 PM UTC  Dr. Kent Brantly speaks during a press conference announcing his release from Emory Hospital on Aug. 21, 2014 in Atlanta. Dr. Kent Brantly speaks during a press conference announcing his release from Emory Hospital on Aug. 21, 2014 in Atlanta.Jessica McGowan—Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Sep 3, 2014 2:30 PM UTC Dr. Kent Brantly, the doctor infected with Ebola while working in West Africa, says despite his clean bill of health, he’s aware that the virus’ stigma remains with him. “You know, I’m not worried about that. It may happen,” Brantly told TODAY’s Matt Lauer… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/exclusive-ebola-survivor-dr-brantly-not-worried-about-stigma-n194441?cid=par-time-article%5F20140903) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3263690/ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly-stigma/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3263690/ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly-stigma/"},"headline":"American Ebola Survivor 'Not Worried' About Stigma","datePublished":"2014-09-03T14:30:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:59:06.651Z","description":"\"I'm not worried about that. It may happen\"","url":"https://time.com/3263690/ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly-stigma/","keywords":["Infectious Disease","ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6094b644b061f593/6986a1c5e53abaa6154d43f8/kent-brantley-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6094b644b061f593/6986a1c5e53abaa6154d43f8/kent-brantley-ebola.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dr. Kent Brantly speaks during a press conference announcing his release from Emory Hospital on Aug. 21, 2014 in Atlanta.","caption":"Dr. Kent Brantly speaks during a press conference announcing his release from Emory Hospital on Aug. 21, 2014 in Atlanta.","creditText":"Jessica McGowan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3263690/ebola-survivor-dr-kent-brantly-stigma/","name":"American Ebola Survivor 'Not Worried' About Stigma"}}]}] ```