Ebola
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In a lot of ways its the next big disease that we've been preparing for. Fairly contagious, high mortality even with modern medical care, long incubation time. If it gets into major transportation routes, goes global, we might have some big problems. Nothing to scoff at, though its nothing to bother putting in the news at the moment. Public health agencies monitor this shit, try to keep em contained and study them. Why the fuck do I need to hear about it aside from newsertainment? Keep in mind that we have well-established yet preventable/controllable diseases that kill millions in these same countries, sleeping sickness / malaria / childhood diarrhea / polio etc., giving little things like Ebola press time is kind of an injustice.
Honestly the more interesting side of the Ebola story is how these West Africans prefer to go to the witch doctor for treatment and run away from hospitals... they're seeing a resurgence of polio due to vaccine fears, thinking that UN is out to sterilize them and such.