10/21/2014

Don’t fear Ebola, fear fear itself

David Ropeik | http://thebulletin.org/don%E2%80%99t-fear-ebola-fear-fear-itself7745

David Ropeik is an instructor in the Environmental Management Program of the Harvard Extension School, a consultant in risk communication, and author of How...

Public health officials in America are trying to manage two serious threats right now. One is Ebola, the virus that causes horrible deaths from vomiting, diarrhea, and hemorrhagic bleeding in more than half the people it infects, and against which there is no protective vaccine. The other is fear. In the United States, between the two, fear is the far greater threat.