He Asks Jennifer Lawrence What Would Happen If She Got Ebola. She Answers In 3 Words.

The Ebola survival rate in some West African countries is only 20%. Guess what it is for American patients treated in American hospitals.

Yep, that’s right.


Sadly, this figure doesn’t include Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian citizen who passed away in Dallas, or Dr. Martin Salia, a citizen of Sierra Leone who died in a Nebraska hospital after contracting the disease while heroically treating patients in his home country. But every single American citizen treated for Ebola on U.S. soil has survived. Yet a staggering 80% of patients in some parts of West Africa succumb to the disease. It’s hard to blame these celebrities for wondering…

If you’ve watched any TV in the last four months, you probably walked away thinking that Ebola was a terrifying unstoppable plague of doom. But contrary to popular belief…

With properly trained doctors, enough IV fluids, and food, the disease is treatable. So when J-Law claims that, if she got Ebola…

It’s not a joke. It’s probably true. The goal is to make sure that’s true for everyone around the world, not just in the U.S.

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