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10. That is fewer than 1/14 of the number of people who die of starvation each week.

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 03:19 AM

Oct 2014

Ebola may eventually surpass starvation, which would suck, but why isn't world hunger getting the attention Ebola is getting?

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WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen [View all] TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 OP

10K per week? Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2014 #1

scary, I know TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #3

Yes, and especially with global travel as it is. misterhighwasted Oct 2014 #4

even during the worst of the plague in medieval times TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #7

they aren't the same TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #11

I knew this was going to get out of control scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #5

It's hard to combat something where the population scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #8