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General Science => General Science => Topic started by: thedoc on 18/11/2014 18:48:01

Title: Were we too slow to respond to Ebola?
Post by: thedoc on 18/11/2014 18:48:01

Why has Ebola been so hard to contain? Some say too little was done too late...
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Title: Re: Were we too slow to respond to Ebola?
Post by: evan_au on 19/11/2014 10:22:29

I expect that a great increase in human mobility (including greater use of airflight) has aided the spread of the disease in this outbreak compared to previous outbreaks.