Ebola outbreak's fatality rate 20pc more than previously believed

A new study has revealed that the current Ebola outbreak's fatality rate is over 70 percent rather than 50 percent as previously claimed by the World Health Organization.

As long as the number of infected people rises exponentially, the likelihood of exporting Ebola to other countries does as well.

Allen Hunt, author of the Complexity paper, said that the disease itself hasn't changed, with essentially the same fatality rate and transmissibility as ever, suggesting that the number of sickened individuals is only different.

Hunt added that if trends continue a few more months, the global community could be forced into a terrible ethical dilemma, either risking the escape of Ebola to other poor, war-torn countries, or sealing off borders to countries in West Africa, with unimaginable humanitarian consequences.