This is true but remember, drunk driving deaths are basically staying where they will be, the flu and other common diseases have established themselves at a point where they stay pretty constant, these deaths are not increasing exponentially.

Ebola is in it's growth period and is encountering populations which have no experience with it. It may not be the world killer people are taking about, but it is unfair to compare something still growing to established problems. While ebola is small is the time to attack it.