Why so few facts about ebola outbreak in Zaire?

[Jeff Taylor]

bhjelle at unm.edu wrote:
>
> The other thing to keep in mind is that these investigations
> take time. We have seen wildly varying numbers of dead and
> Ebola-stricken ill reported; there appears also to be an epidemic
> of gastrointestinal disease occurring as well, and no assurance
> that early reports were tracking these outbreaks independently.
> The true numbers and true story will doubtlessly emerge within
> a few weeks after the outbreak burns out, and after the press
> has gone home. It will be of great interest to hear what
> actually happened.
> 
> Brian

Quite so.  We must also take into account that the information is 
coming from a country that has yet to enter the electronics age and
thus, information flows much more slowly.