Our knowledge has always been a hopeless mix of facts and fantasy. The two are inseparable and feed on each other, like fact and fiction in history. A
case in point is the currently raging Ebola scare. Chances of contracting the infection
outside the ebola countries in Africa, a study points out, is nil or extremely
rare. But the scare the media are fanning is almost apocalyptic.
Here is a multi-media fact sheet of more scary infectious diseases we are
actually living with, courtesy Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/01/the_planets_deadliest_infectious_diseases_by_country_partner/?source=newsletter
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