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[Watch (HLS stream): Why Do People Fear Ebola?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/o73TUhFa.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2014-08-10. Jay Varkey, MD, Assistant Professor of Emory University School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases on treating Ebola patients and the fear that goes with it._ by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Aug 29, 2014 1:38 PM UTC  Colorized transmission electron micrograph of the Ebola virus. Colorized transmission electron micrograph of the Ebola virus. Getty Images by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Aug 29, 2014 1:38 PM UTC Add Senegal to the four other West African countries—Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria—with recorded cases of Ebola. Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck told reporters Friday that a young, infected Guinean man crossed the border into Senegal, the [Associated Press](http://time.com/3221694/senegal-confirms-its-1st-case-of-ebola/) reports. Senegal closed its border to its southeastern neighbor last week over fears that the often-fatal disease might spread into the country. The World Health Organization announced Thursday that there have been 430 deaths from Ebola in Guinea alone. The United Nations agency [reported](http://www.who.int/csr/don/2014%5F08%5F28%5Febola/en/) that disease has been spreading more rapidly recently, with more than 40% of the total number of cases—3,069—occurring within the past 21 days. The WHO has created a “[roadmap](http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/ebola-roadmap/en/)” to stop the transmission of Ebola within nine months, while acknowledging that the disease could spread and infect over 20,000 people during that time. Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo recently [said](http://time.com/3169729/ebola-congo/) an Ebola outbreak has stricken that country as well, though they deny it’s connected to the one affecting West Africa. \[[_AP_](http://time.com/3221694/senegal-confirms-its-1st-case-of-ebola/)\] ## Transcript So, why do people fear Ebola. It's new. Or at least it's recognized as being new here in the United States. It is a serious illness, but it's not a very contagious disease. This is not a particularly easy virus to transmit from one person to another. The whole notion of abating fear, when you talk about a disease that's reported to have. 50 to 60 to 90 % mortality rates. I would really caution on, something that we've been emphasizing for the last two weeks that that really needs to be taken with the recognition that those are mortality rates in healthcare environments that unfortunately do not have even close to the resources that we have here in the United States and other developed countries. The key to treatment for Ebola virus is supportive care. Supporting the patient long enough so that their immune system can develop the antibodies needed to really defeat this virus. We were sort of in a unique position of having this unit that was designed to take care of diseases far more contagious than the Ebola virus. But in this particular circumstance, it seemed like the right place to to care for these patients. My hope is, is that by providing excellent care here, that we learn process that can be translated and expanded so that, that, in my opinion, in a fair and just world, that those processes if they are really a key to improving survival. 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