It is certainly an epidemic in West Africa. People from Europe and the US travel to and from these locations every day.
The flu primarily effects the very young or the very old. Those in good general health face little risk from the flu as long as they seek proper medical care when appropriate.
In other words your use of the flu as a comparison is a straw man. My house is unlikely to burn down but I still pay my homeowners insurance.
So you never answered my question. Why are you not hysterical over the significant death rate in the US from the regular flu? That’s a lot closer to “epidemic” than 1200 cases in Africa.
If you are so worried about it buy a bunch of survival food and prepare to shelter in place for 3-4 mos til the Ebola here subsides.
When we get 1200 cases of Ebola here in the US which is not going to happen then it will be something to worry about.
Its a lot more likely that somebody will put the grid down and then half the population will starve to death. Now I do worry about that one. :-)