EBOLA (Ebola Virus)
Of the generally known diseases out there, waiting to get you, none (not Cancer, HIV, or Covid**, not even Scurvy, Rickets or Herpes), NONE are as dreaded or feared as EBOLA, the T. Rex of infectious diseases. "Officially" identified and named in 1976, it had a starring role in "The Hot Zone", so it remained more of a curiosity than a threat to the West, since it was a disease from "over there". Then, amid a massive outbreak in West Africa in 2014, a few cases made it to our shores. THEN, it became a serious concern. Now, there are approved (and highly effective) treatments. So, now it is under control and out of the news...EXCEPT THAT THERE IS ANOTHER MASSIVE OUTBREAK HAPPENING IN AFRICA RIGHT NOW...SINCE 2019!!!
** Sorry but I had to drop the -19 or ebay thinks I'm trying to sell a cure! No, I'm not kidding! You wouldn't believe what I had to go through to list THAT one!!!