we appreciate both of you joining us, laurie garrett, lawrence gostin. thank you. >> woodruff: one country in west africa that has had relative success in controlling the deadly virus so far is nigeria. while the nation has had 21 confirmed and suspected cases of the virus, including seven deaths, it has not had an explosive surge and spread since its first ebola victim was reported in late july. our special correspondent fred de sam lazaro is on assignment in lagos and checked in with us earlier today. >> nigeria is africa's most populace country. it has the largest economy on the continent and its commercial capital, lagos, has 20 million inhabitant, all of which have raised concerns that an ebola outbreak would be catastrophic, but that hasn't happened, in part due to an early break and in large part due the a good public health response, experts say. the virus was first brought the nigeria by a liberian traveler who fell ill at the airport and in a peculiar twist of fate, medical doctors were on strike when he was taken in for health care. that expos