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Peter Piot Ebola Disease

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What ever happened to Ebola? In 1974, Peter Piot discovered a serious and deadly disease in Africa called Ebola. In 2014, a major outbreak of this disease occurred in West Africa and spread through multiple countries including the United States. Six people in the United States were disease-ridden and only one resulted in death while the other five were treated. Although the impact on our country was little, the media over exaggerates infectious diseases like Ebola. The ways journalists reported about this disease made it seem like it was the end of the world, but by 2015 the media got quiet again about the disease and now you rarely hear about the Ebola virus.
While a journalist's job is to report information, they also want to be successful.

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