You do not understand “mortality rate”.
The flu is well under 1%, ebola is over 55%. HUGE difference .
I do understand what a mortality rate is. And nobody knows what ebola's mortality rate is in the United States - at the moment, it's hovering at exactly 0%. It's certainly nowhere near 55%. Mortality rates in any event are just one piece of the puzzle - because influenza is so incredibly infectious it manages to kill far more people. In general, diseases with the highest mortality rates generally pose less of a risk to the public at large because they burn out quickly.
Thank you for helping others with their naivete and down right ignorance...
Another contributing factor to Flu mortality is that old people - Seniors do not fair well with bouts of flu, lower immunity is presumed and skew the mortality rates to make flu even look worse ... For those who don’t get it — EBOLA does not give a damn how old you are... 50% of the time your dead even if treated... you might have time for 2-4 cigarettes over the time you’re dying but not a whole pack.
Ignorance has a high mortality rate - just too broad a subject to accurately measure...