Ebola has been around for more than 37 years, and we - in the US - are still not ready for a mass epidemic.

  • 47 health workers at Kenema Government Hospital in Sierra Leone conducted comprehensive study of Ebola patients
  • Seven of the team died during study - six from the virus
  • They found age is a key factor establishing the fatality rate for over 45s is 94% while for those aged up to 21 is 57%
  • Study is significant because it adds new knowledge of the virus
  • From Ebola's discovery in 1976 there were just 25 outbreaks in 37 years, killing around 1,500 people  (source:  Mail Online.com)


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