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If you guys need any perspectives/voices on the Ebola virus, on the side of Facebook with 'Trending', Ebola is one of them. So here ya go

Connectivity is displayed in negative and positive ways regarding the Ebola virus. The countries with known cases are Nigeria, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. There's a considerable gap between Nigeria and the other three, showing the negative aspect of mobilities and connectivity in regards to airlines and it spreading by intercepting multiple countries. Positive aspects are the US' quick efforts to treat the two affected American citizens by mediated mobilities, and it's overall isolation. The virus's status and symptoms also fairly well known around the world.

Mediated Mobilities show how Globalisation and Tech advancements have allowed the virus to bypass multiple countries and it possibly being spread, due to that.

Here's a link to searching Ebola on Twitter, they have a bunch of tweets with the hash tag #EbolaOutbreak that is going pretty viral at the moment. They also show perspectives of people who think that the ASL IceBucket Challenge is getting too much attention and that there isn't enough on the Ebola Outbreak. Not sure if this will help with your story but #itried

General information on the Ebola virus