To further explain, The World Health Organization says, “The average Ebola survival rate is 50%, and will keep increasing or decreasing based on what America decides to do.” Lots of people are saying they want Ebola Survival rates to increase, but they think keeping infected or possibly infected people will do that for them. Incorrect.
50% means that half of the people that have Ebola have a chance at survival. If America decides not to even try, this percent will decrease drastically.
Most people can easily argue that having a disease affecting one person is better than affecting a whole population, however, these people don’t think about what they would do if they were the ones infected. If people want a higher rate, then