I am fairly shocked at the different (first) World responses at the Andes hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks. In that the developped countries with citizens onboard the cruise ship reacted promptly to the first one, with costly interventions and conservative lockdowns (incl. the USA), to the point of a British medical team been parachuted to a remote South Atlantic island. The new Ebola outbreak went in the DRC on for weeks before WHO declared it as such and hundreds of people died without the same level of reaction from these developed countries. Apart from banning citizens from impacted countries from their own territory. But failing to recognise that constant surveillance and early intervention is the only way to prevent deaths and epidemics…
