Dallas Texas, 2014. Thomas Duncan comes home from his trip to Liberia seemingly normal. He checks into a Dallas hospital with complaints that he does not feel well. They prescribe him antibiotics and send him on his way. He checks back in saying that it had gotten worse and is diagnosed with Ebola. He is the first person in the U.S. to have Ebola and later, sadly, he passes away from the disease.

The disease has spread to as many as three people and everyone is growing increasingly concerned.

Ebola is an often fatal disease that attacks the body’s organs and causes severe fever, internal and external bleeding, vomiting, and so on so forth. It was first seen in Africa, and soon after an outbreak occurred and has now killed over 4,500 people but only one in the United States. With a 70% death rate, it is understood why many people have grown more and more worried.

Although these figures sound bad, Ebola is very hard to contract. You have to come in direct contact with someone’s bodily fluids via an opening in the skin. They also have to be showing symptoms in order to be contagious.

The CDC says there is nothing to be worried about and they are doing everything they can to maintain the health and safety of everyone in the U.S.