Why are people in the U.S. fearing this ebola outbreak. Ebola has been around for decades and U.S. citizens are barely realizing its either life or death when it comes to the case. However millions of Americans have died from hunger, STD's, drivers under the influence etc. and yet we do not fear these tragedies. So why are we scared of this outbreak? Compared to all of the other deaths in the U.S. this ebola outbreak has only contaminated about FIVE people. That's not even close to any of the deaths occurring daily. So why is everyone panicking? Could it be because its the first outbreak to occur within the U.S. since the first settlers? Why?