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Ebola; Is it heading to our western civilization

Ebola has not been one of the most important news subjects in most countries until a few weeks ago. The outbreak of Ebola in Eastern-Africa has gone exponentially fast and the number of people murdered by this virus is still growing.

The chances of survival of the disease is much higher in a western hospital than in an improvised field hospital in Sierra Leone. Therefore it is of high importance that more aid is send towards these areas in Africa.

According to the NOS, the Dutch national news channel, the Dutch soccer team had donated 50,000 euros for the fight against Ebola. More famous people are donating lately, Bill Gates for example.
The western countries are taken more and more action to prevent Ebola from entering into our countries. More temperature controls on the western-African flights which arrive at European airports. Civilians who are suspected of being contagious with Ebola are put in immediate quarantine.
But let's take a serious look at this problem. What are the chances of Ebola turning into an unfightable disease? According to the Guardian we should not worry about Ebola at the moment. They claim that Ebola has not spread that rapid last August. We should be more worried about diseases like Tuberculosis and Malaria. And that we shouldn't be worried about Ebola spreading, we should worry about the correct reporting of this spreading.

Luckily in the Netherlands there aren't any casualties of Ebola so far. Hopefully that will stay this way and Ebola can be fought in Africa. This awful disease must be eradicated in this whole world.

Sources:
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2014/10/05/ebola-as-isis-bio-weapon/
- http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/05/health/ebola-us/
- http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/05/ebola-worrying-disease
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