# What has stopped previous Ebola outbreaks?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-stopped-previous-ebola-outbreaks/700860 "2014-10-09T13:08:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-stopped-previous-ebola-outbreaks/700860/21 "2014-10-10T00:01:17Z")

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> [@Dorjan](#):
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> Normally Ebola outbreaks happen in isolated rural areas. Viral Hemorrhagic kill quickly, so normally an outbreak would burn itself out before it spread far. This is the reason they are such a concern in urban areas.

I remember reading (no cite, sorry) in one outbreak, the clinic workers simply ran away, allowing the virus to burn itself out, as well as limiting exposure to health care workers. Sad but (probably) true

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