# Why is Ebola such a big deal?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ebola-such-a-big-deal/694930 "2014-08-06T07:58:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ebola-such-a-big-deal/694930/16 "2014-08-06T13:04:26Z")

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Because the media says it is a big deal. What you know is what it is profitable for the information/industrial complex to tell you.

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