Ebola: Did anything even go right?

        After watching the documentary, I was left with a single question: What went right? So many things went wrong, were mishandled, or were refused to be accepted as truth. Ebola was a security concern because of the devastating effects it had on the region, as well as the lack of a coherent and effective response by those involved - the government would not recognize that it was an epidemic, and were apprehensive towards organizations such as Doctors Without Boarders.
       One of the major concerns that needs to be reevaluated and dealt with is how easy this could spread. It took the WHO and government so long to recognize this is an epidemic, which allowed people to go from country to country without any concern. Even when it was pointed out that a women had crossed the border who had was known to be infected, the government of Sierra Leon said that she had gone back to her home country. This is not something that was known with 100% certainty, and even if it was, it did nothing to stop the spread. While I am by no means advocating that the many countries in Africa build a wall in order to stop the spread. Instead, I think a more rapid declaration of the severity of the situation by an organization with the authority to do so might be able to mobilize people to create temporary check points or health screening stations.
     It was also interesting to see the effects of the WHO had on the US when they declared Ebola a global issue - President Obama gave a speech and the country reacted as would be expected. It became a matter or national security with a simple declaration, thus giving it the funding needed to begin to make a difference. It could have also opened doors earlier to a larger resource of doctors who  could have been able to make an impact on a larger scale at an earlier stage. In closing, what I am trying to say is that the response by other countries and other organizations needed to be more rapid, and more direct. It could have positively changed the outcome of the crisis.