Ep 11 Ebola: The New Kid on the Block
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The Response to the Ebola Epidemic
The World Health Organization response to this outbreak was very similar to the response that they've had to all of the other outbreaks. It's what we would probably call a classic outbreak control response, which basically means a whole bunch of technical and medical professionals swoop in. In past outbreaks, this has been fairly effective in blocking further transmission. We never saw outbreaks that reached even the thousands before this.
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