DR Congo measles: Nearly 5,000 dead in major outbreak

[Nearly Sane]

I know that distance and perhaps 'race' affects how much attention is paid to stories but why does this not get the coverage Ebola did? Is it that we are relatively safe because of vaccination?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50506743

[Roses]

I know that distance and perhaps 'race' affects how much attention is paid to stories but why does this not get the coverage Ebola did? Is it that we are relatively safe because of vaccination?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50506743

Here is the UK we won't be safe for much longer as there are quite a lot of parents refusing to let their children have the MMR vaccination and in consequence there have been outbreaks of measles. 

[Nearly Sane]

Here is the UK we won't be safe for much longer as there are quite a lot of parents refusing to let their children have the MMR vaccination and in consequence there have been outbreaks of measles. 

That's why I used the term 'relatively safe'

[jeremyp]

I know that distance and perhaps 'race' affects how much attention is paid to stories but why does this not get the coverage Ebola did? Is it that we are relatively safe because of vaccination?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-50506743

Measles outbreaks happen all the time. They are not normally news. Measles has always been a bigger killer than ebola in countries without the level of medical resources or basic nutrition of the affluent West. You've got a better chance of surviving it than ebola but a much higher chance of catching it.

[Nearly Sane]

Measles outbreaks happen all the time. They are not normally news. Measles has always been a bigger killer than ebola in countries without the level of medical resources or basic nutrition of the affluent West. You've got a better chance of surviving it than ebola but a much higher chance of catching it.

So you think that it is a matter of frequency which leads to the lack of coverage as opposed to the question of relative safety here?

[jeremyp]

So you think that it is a matter of frequency which leads to the lack of coverage as opposed to the question of relatively safety here?

Yep. Familiarity breeds contempt as they say.