and we have already had some shipments that are helping us with the ppe.are doing their jobs and we are hoping to get this under control. >> not to focus on the too graphic but we did hear some of the details about some of the symptoms and they are quite awful. they frighten people but beyond that, sort of the local superstitions and traditions make it difficult to treat. >> initially, in sierra leone, there was some resistance to the idea the ebola was real. messages have been getting out. i believe people recognize this is a real threat. there is a lot more cooperation from the villagers that we have noticed over the past few weeks, and so that's an important step towards getting this epidemic under control. >> are there concerns, though, of people who have come forward who are sick? i mean this is -- this is a sort of disease that people regard as pretty much a fatal sentence? >> well, in this case, the cause fatality rate as we call it is about 60%. so, it's definitely not a death sentence automatically, and if the patients can be brought to treatment