Yes, and yet the level of ignorance about it is absolutely shocking still (even on GLP). People are comparing it to the flu and AIDS, people are averaging out numbers and infection rates, people are hanging on meaningless 'official' numbers, and people are, seemingly, unable to fathom the dynamics of exponential spread. I've even heard people say, offline, that Ebola only effect black people so we need not worry.

There is not a facepalm big enough to express how stupid many otherwise intelligent people are seeming to be relating to this outbreak.