The first case of the Ebola virus in the U.S. brought fear and panic to the majority of Americans. Before we all go into hiding, we need to understand the basic information about the Ebola virus. 
According to Dr. Gary Bonacquisti, local health authority of Rockwall, Texas, Ebola patients’ initial symptoms often mimic those associated with the flu.
“Ebola virus is a virus that causes what we call hemorrhagic fever,” Bonacquisti explained. “Fevers, chills, body aches, headache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea are some of the first signs that you will see.”
As of right now, the virus can only be contracted through contact with the bodily secretions of someone with the Ebola virus. Because of the way in which the virus is spread, a person with the virus is only contagious once they begin to show symptoms. 
The largest concern associated with the Ebola virus is the question of whether treatment is available to cure this virus.
Professor Christopher Mores, Associate Professor in Pathobiological Sciences at the LSU Veterinary School and the Associate Director of the Center for Experimental Infectious Diseases,  has studied the Ebola virus and can answer the questions regarding medical treatment.
“As of right now, we don’t have a solid therapeutic intervention,” Mores said. “Everything we have to do for the cases is supportive therapy.”
However, experimental vaccines and treatments are under development, and some Ebola survivors have donated blood to help the cause.
Although some Americans want to quarantine the U.S., it seems to be out of the question partially due to loss of money for airlines. 
“People will get out of the outbreak zone and arrive to essentially any other place on earth,” Mores said. “There’s just a lot less opportunity for that direct contact, which is what Ebola needs to transmit between people, here in America as compared over in the outbreak zone.”
Our number one priority in America should be to protect our citizens, and the only way to do that is to stop the spread of the virus at its source. The only question remaining is, what will the U.S. do to put and end to this epidemic?