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Imagine a country where you could share a drink with someone and catch a virus that gives you a higher chance of dying than survival, a country where everyone is in fear of being in public, and nurses are in fear of coming into work. Many issues and questions concern the problem of Ebola in our society. The issue that is the focus of this paper is how to prevent Ebola from spreading across the country and becoming a bigger problem than it already is now. There are steps we must take to defeat Ebola, and this is a virus we must eliminate because it's very easily spread, can create a great amount of hysteria; possibly even anarchy, and can be cured if researched well enough before it's too late. Some background information should be

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