Misunderstanding the Ebola Crisis Is Worse Than Ignoring It

From Africa is a Country Fri Oct 17 2014, 17:00:53

When the first case of Ebola reached U.S. soil last month, the world finally began to pay attention--but not in the right way.  In December 2013 the Ebola virus appeared for the first time in rural Guinea. No one imagined then that it would set-off the devastation that is sweeping across West Africa or the [...]

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