While worse than usual, hemoragic fever outbreaks like this one aren’t unusual for Central Africa. Such fevers tend to be self-limiting because once the outbreak becomes evident, the measures to contain it are fairly simple.
There's a breakout once every couple years or so. As long as it's confined to a small population it's easy to control, but if it ever gets big then that's cause for worry. Every time there's a scare that some infected person has wandered off into the woods and can't be tracked down, so the infection may spread. So far it never has. I wouldn't be surprised if the luck doesn't hold out forever though.
Car crashes, lightning strike, ebola spread... just another thing to add worry and axiety to your day
