Why is the Ebola outbreak in Congo so frightening?

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Why is the Ebola outbreak in Congo so frightening?

Brennan Hoban

May 18, 2018

Wooden canoes cross the Ubangi River from the Democratic Republic of Congo to the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 15, 2016. Picture taken on February 15, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola - GF10000318371

Reid Wilson, author of “Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak,” discusses the new Ebola outbreak along the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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