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Beyond the Ebola hysteria

Chiponda Chimbelu October 17, 2014

From closed schools to cancelled flights - the fear of catching Ebola is reaching epidemic proportions. DW goes beyond the alarmist headlines and puts the outbreak into perspective in the blog below.

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Increased media coverage of Ebola in recent weeks has reached alarmist proportions. The recent diagnoses of two healthcare workers in the US has raised legitimate questions about the ability of the authorities to manage the deadly disease. However, the fear as expressed in headlines across the US and Europe is disproportionate to the actual risk.

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