CDC chief admits 1.4m 'dire' Ebola scenario unlikely
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 23 September put out headline-grabbing estimates that Ebola infections in the two hardest hit West African nations of Liberia and Sierra Leone could reach from 550,000 to 1.4 million by mid-January, the agency's chief was quick to back away from those figures, insisting it was unlikely such scenarios would ever occur.
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