I’m surprised in a way that there are as relatively few cases in Africa as there have been. Could there be more nonfatal or even nonsymptomatic cases than we know, that nobody has identified?
Well, sure. MSF’s Joanne Liu has repeatedly warned that the case numbers on the “official” tally, represent only 20% of reality.
The numbers that are being reported are only the numbers of people that make it into the clinics and have been diagnosed. With less than 1000 beds and only 10 Ebola Centers- total- for the three countries, you can see where the data isn’t even close to reality. People are being turned away in droves, because there are no beds available. The healthcare system in Liberia, teetering as it was before the outbreak, has completely collapsed. Check out the MSF news and blogs for an in-the-field perspective of this epidemic.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/our-work/medical-issues/ebola
Ebola has a narrow window between communicable and obvious, plus it is so very deadly. Even low tech can handle that fairly well.