If you think about it logically (something the gov't isnt good at)...you have to ask yourself: WHY? We have a long history of Ebola outbreaks and the largest outbreak prior to this one was 280 in 1975. All outbreaks combined are less than 1/2 of the current estimate...which is said to be only 25-50% of the real number. So...WHAT has changed? Why is it different? Because the previous "bad" outbreaks occurred in small, out of the way villages in Africa where travel was infrequent. It was almost self-quarantine or burned through the community and died off before it could spread outside of the community.
What's different is that it has entered into urban areas with large populations with lots of travel. There is nothing to stop it.
Thanks. I knew it had come into the population centers but didn't know why it hadn't before. It makes sense that it would just wipe out a remote village and burn itself out.
I guess part of the reality we live in is that people can move around easier....ease of travel or diseases as well.