Breakthrough Ebola vaccine proves 'highly protective'

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2. This vaccine also apparently has some pretty serious side effects,

which means only those who are at genuine risk for Ebola could even consider taking it.

Perhaps in the future a better vaccine will be developed.

The other thing to keep firmly in mind about Ebola is that it is not that easily transmitted. Remember that unfortunate man in Texas a couple of years ago who returned from Africa infected with Ebola? None of the people who lived with him got it. And they were (unnecessarily in my opinion) kept locked in that apartment after he was removed to the hospital, unable to leave, and keeping company with the bed linens he'd been using.

Ebola, while genuinely terrible and while it needs to be dealt with, is not a disease that will kill millions.