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Ebola coverage: US angles are a story but not THE story

Nelson Graves is spot-on. The one Ebola death, two infections, snafus and mass hysteria among the 24/7 news media in the US are indeed a story, but not THE story when scores are dying daily in West Africa. Perhaps more also could have been made of Nigeria's success with its health care systems and personnel an infinitesimal fraction of the resources the US has at its disposal. ■