Mass Panic of SARS Shows Potential Cost of Ebola’s Spread
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The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has raised concerns of international spread -- and economic impact -- similar to the SARS epidemic in 2002 and 2003.
“Fear of contagion, very early, would lead to a reduction in people’s willingness to travel, eat in restaurants, drink in bars, and quite frankly do anything social,” Andrew Zarnett, a Deutsche Bank analyst based in New York, said in a note to investors.