[AnAmericanAbroad]

Ebola hitting Nigeria would be major problem; the populations of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia are about 21.5 million combined. That's pretty much the population of Lagos itself, and it's densely crowded - for all intents and purposes, Lagos is a megacity, and the Ebola virus would certainly find lots of fresh hosts. It's also an international business hub - lots of people fly in and out of Lagos for business reasons.

[Polynikes]

“Lagos is a megacity, and the Ebola virus would certainly find lots of fresh hosts. It's also an international business hub - lots of people fly in and out of Lagos for business reasons.”

Nigeria also has a sideline that no one seems to be paying attention to and I don't mean the scam industry. Approx 40% of Nigeria's GDP is oil exports to the U.S. and accounts for around 10% of of the US oil supply. If the oil field workers are decimated either through disease or panic expect severe economic unrest in Nigeria and the start of shortages in the US.