We urge the President to declare a national and international emergency with regards to the Ebola epidemic in Africa. Ebola cases are growing exponentially, if we do not act now, hundreds of thousands of people will die over the next six months in Africa and beyond.
The President should immediately:
1) Lead an effort to grow the international response to Ebola faster than the epidemic. Because in Liberia Ebola cases are doubling every 15 days, the response should grow by a factor of 10 in the next 30 days
2) Have the CDC publish a forecast of total Ebola deaths globally over the next six months and update forecasts weekly based on expected control effort impacts
3) Set a goal of minimizing total global deaths from the epidemic
4) Mobilize US military logistic resources as needed