Rogue9a
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Ebola death toll hits 4,000
The World Health Organization announced that the death toll for the Ebola outbreak in Africa has hit 4,000 deaths, a majority of those deaths are from Africa with The United States seeing it's first death this week.
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10/10/2014, 2:04 pm
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Queenyforever
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Re: Ebola death toll hits 4,000
Yep, and a wee bit of perspective....and back in 1999, when flu deaths hit a peak, 36,000 died of the flu. But on AVERAGE the CDC estimates about more like 23,607 per year.
An epidemic is an epidemic....the news just makes some sound much worse.
Or to look at it without an epidemic...
Every 53 minutes on average, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash (9,878 people in total in 2011).
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Rogue9a
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Re: Ebola death toll hits 4,000
it's definitely being blown out of proportion by the media, especially by Fox News with its lets all panic about the Zombie Apocalypse coverage.
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10/10/2014, 2:35 pm
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Re: Ebola death toll hits 4,000
Yep...definitely hyping the story and causing a panic.
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10/11/2014, 11:07 am
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