Well isn't this just terrifying.
There is now a major ebola epidemic in West Africa, one of the biggest if not the biggest ever on record. Ebola is a particularly terrifying disease, with a 90% mortality rate for those who are unfortunate enough to contract it.
Ebola toll jumps to 467, worst outbreak on record
With such a high mortality rate, it isn't at all surprising that numerous movies and pieces of fiction have centred on ebola or a mutation of ebola as the cause of the next great global pandemic. The knowledge that infection is an almost certain death sentence creates a terrifying image of desperation and inevitability that cannot be dismissed. It defeats optimism and kills hope.
There is now a major ebola epidemic in West Africa, one of the biggest if not the biggest ever on record. Ebola is a particularly terrifying disease, with a 90% mortality rate for those who are unfortunate enough to contract it.
Ebola toll jumps to 467, worst outbreak on record
With such a high mortality rate, it isn't at all surprising that numerous movies and pieces of fiction have centred on ebola or a mutation of ebola as the cause of the next great global pandemic. The knowledge that infection is an almost certain death sentence creates a terrifying image of desperation and inevitability that cannot be dismissed. It defeats optimism and kills hope.
What would happen if transmission of this disease were to suddenly become easier? What would happen if the outbreak were to jump to a place other than the remote parts of West Africa to say London or Paris?
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