[photo: Mark Zuckerberg Facebook]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla donated hefty sum of $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to fight Ebola.
Zuckerberg hoped that this donation can be the beginning of possibly fight off this under searched disease. After the donation, he wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday (PST),
“Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.
The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if not addressed.
We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio.
We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.
Grants like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work. These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more.
We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control.
To learn more about the fight against Ebola:
http://www.cdcfoundation.org/ebola-outbreak?”
World Health Organization announced Tuesday that the Ebola cases may go up in alarming rate to 10,000 case per week for next 2 months. This warning set off a huge fear outbreak internationally.
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Park Sae-jin
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