How the battle against Ebola was won

If you saw people dying all around you from a plague you didn’t understand and couldn’t control, what would you do?

This is the question John Stonestreet asks in his recent commentary on the new documentary about the 2014 deadly Ebola epidemic, Facing Darkness.

Stonestreet writes, "Ebola is a terrifying disease. It causes extreme pain, fever, terrible bouts of diarrhea and vomiting and, until effective treatments were developed, was almost always fatal. And because it’s transferred by body fluids, even wiping the brow or holding the hand of someone infected with Ebola means you’re susceptible to getting it, too."

In 2014 more than 28,000 people came down with the disease in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The death toll reached more than 11,000.

At first the world largely ignored this killer plague. But then two American missionaries contracted the disease while caring for the infected. This could have ended the efforts, but it actually became a turning point in the fight against Ebola.

Use this link to see how the battle was won.