I led the U.S. CDC response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic(statnews.com)
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I led the U.S. CDC response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic
https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/06/ebola-outbreak-us-aid-response-tom-frieden-action-plan/
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COVID is a completely different kind of virus.
Ebola is spread by bodily fluids and is too effective at killing to spread the way that a highly-infectious but less lethal airborne virus like COVID-19 can. There are also a variety of cultural factors (related to burial practices, etc.) that make it much more difficult for Ebola to spread effectively outside of the areas it's endemic to.
The response to COVID by many countries was pretty dreadful but the evidence is pretty mixed about whether it would have really mattered in the end.
Ebola is spread by bodily fluids and is too effective at killing to spread the way that a highly-infectious but less lethal airborne virus like COVID-19 can. There are also a variety of cultural factors (related to burial practices, etc.) that make it much more difficult for Ebola to spread effectively outside of the areas it's endemic to.
The response to COVID by many countries was pretty dreadful but the evidence is pretty mixed about whether it would have really mattered in the end.
And then COVID happened... and man that response was just so sadly different. If only... if only.