--- title: Ebola Poll: How Scared Are You About Ebola? description: As the Ebola epidemic continues in West Africa, the U.S. and other countries could also see cases of the disease in coming weeks and months. canonical: https://time.com/3532498/ebola-worry-fear/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T13:50:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:27.486Z article:section: Health og:title: Take the TIME Ebola Poll: Ebola Poll: How Scared Do You Feel About the Virus? og:description: As the Ebola epidemic continues in West Africa, the U.S. and other countries could also see cases of the disease in coming weeks and months. og:url: https://time.com/3532498/ebola-worry-fear/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd33de08efc3e1800/6987625e06f2c1d9c23318a0/h_515428113.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Electron micrograph of Ebola virus og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Take the TIME Ebola Poll: Ebola Poll: How Scared Do You Feel About the Virus? twitter:description: As the Ebola epidemic continues in West Africa, the U.S. and other countries could also see cases of the disease in coming weeks and months. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd33de08efc3e1800/6987625e06f2c1d9c23318a0/h_515428113.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Worried Are You About Ebola? ## Video: Nigeria is an Ebola Success Story: Here's What The Country Did Right [Watch (HLS stream): Nigeria is an Ebola Success Story: Here's What The Country Did Right](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mSo7iFZ3.m3u8) (2:43)  _Published 2014-10-21. The World Health Organization declared Nigeria free of Ebola on Monday, a containment victory in an outbreak that has stymied other countries’ response efforts._  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Oct 23, 2014 1:50 PM UTC  epa04374858 An image provided on 28 August 2014 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell of an African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line. EPA/NIAID / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES epa04374858 An image provided on 28 August 2014 by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell of an African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line. EPA/NIAID / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALESNIAID/EPA  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent Oct 23, 2014 1:50 PM UTC Tell us how you feel about the U.S.’s efforts to contain Ebola in this 10 question survey, and see how other responders rate the country’s preparedness. 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