Data: Ebola Infecting 5 People an Hour in Sierra Leone

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“Ebola is spreading at the rate of five new cases an hour in Sierra Leone, according to figures released as world leaders and experts on disease control gathered in London to discuss the outbreak.

The figures from Save the Children showed there were 765 new cases last week in the west African country alone, but only 327 hospital beds to treat infected patients.”*

The spread of Ebola in western Africa is becoming enormous- Save the Children is reporting 5 people an hour becoming infected, and that could soon double. How is the spread now different from how it began? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss.

*Read more from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/02/ebola-infecting-five-every-hour-sierra-leone

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