The Most Basic Step of the Ebola Response Is Falling Short

The fight against Ebola is not going well. Last week, the head of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, announced that the ongoing outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had ballooned into the second worst of all time, a milestone he had thought was possible to avoid only weeks before. Rather than the spread of the virus slowing, cases are doubling about every 10 days; more than 1,800 people have died, though the actual toll is likely at least twice as high. His organization is now…