Your argument assumes that the statistics of getting Ebola are static.
Epidemics are not static. The chance of getting Ebola does not act like the chance of getting heart disease or cancer, which changes only slowly over time. the problem is those who are NOT concerned about Ebola do not understand the nature of Exponential Growth of Epidemics! The current Ebola Epidemic in Western Africa Started in March of this year.
The WHO estimates that this upcoming month there will be 10,000 new cases with a 50% mortality rate. Currently more than 5000 people have died. In January of this year, there had not been any deaths, not ONE, in Africa for a number of years.
Timeline: Tracing the world's worst Ebola outbreak - Firstpost
Before this, the most recent deaths were in 2012.
Ebola virus disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is the mathematical nature of Exponential Growth of Epidemics.
You cannot scientifically base your assessment of the threat based on the static number of people who currently have the disease in your country, as a percentage of the total number of people, if you have have more than zero people infected.
Because just one case can grow exponentially, just as it did, this year alone, in Africa, to thousands, and likely millions, in less
than a year. People quote two cases in America, compared to a 316 Million population, and dismiss the case as statistically insignificant.
You're looking at it all WRONG!
There were Zero, Zilch, Nada, None, No cases at all in Africa in January of 2014, and there hadn't been a case since 2012.
In a year, in Africa, it has gone from 1 case in March, to 10,000 new cases a WEEK in October.
That is exponential growth!
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