A ‘monumental effort’ revisited: New Ebola exhibit captures the intensity of the response to the crisis
A new exhibit memorializing the response to the West African outbreak features hundreds of artifacts and photographs taken at the peak of the epidemic.
ATLANTA — A new exhibit here memorializing the response to the West African Ebola outbreak features hundreds of artifacts and photographs taken at the peak of the crisis. Among them, a special deck of playing cards grabs the eye.
These cards would make for a gruesome game of poker.
The ace provides a brief explanation of Ebola. Two through five identify early symptoms like fever, headache, and muscle pain. Six is a later symptom — vomiting.
The decision by public health responders to communicate about Ebola in this way was both ingenious and a stark reminder of the challenges they faced as they tried to warn people in
