The only saving grace of Ebola is that it kills relatively quickly after infection. HIV is a different kind of danger because a carrier can have it for years without knowing. Can you imagine an Ebola with a year-long carrier stage before it kills 2/3 of the hosts?
Indeed. It's always puzzled me why a virus would kill off it's host so quickly. It's never computed for me from a survival standpoint.
Keep in mind AIDS has killed millions while Ebola has killed less than a 1000. WE also have at least a million more cases of HIV in this country with many infected hosts continuing to spread it in largely, unfettered fashion. We have zero Ebola cases. We have spent more money prolonging the lives of HIV infected patients on a per capita patient basis than on cancer, heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, and Alzheimers combined fighting a disease easily prevented by altering behavior. Go figure.