Ebola May Be Coming to Australia, But Not in a Terrorist's Backpack

Ebola is coming to Australia, but everyone can stop freaking out, the chance of getting infected is low. And it is definitely not coming in the form of a suicide bomber, despite a politician's outrageous comments to the contrary.

Global Health's Professor Barbara McPake, speaking ahead of a conference on global health security in Melbourne on Wednesday, said although it is likely we will see the Ebola within our borders, Australia is well placed to deal with an outbreak

"As the epidemic gets larger and larger in west Africa the likelihood of the odd case emerging in Australia is quite high, but I do think Australia will deal with it very well," she said. "If anybody dies in Australia it's likely to be somebody who has come already at a fairly advanced stage of the infection ... Australia has a very strong health system." Read more...

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Ebola May Be Coming to Australia, But Not in a Terrorist's Backpack