Zuckerberg, estimated to be worth over $30billion just announced on
his Facebook page that he's donating $25 million to the Centers for
Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola. Continue to read the
statement he released...
Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease
Control Foundation to help fight Ebola. The Ebola epidemic is at a
critical turning point.
It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly
and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over
the next several months if not addressed.
We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't
spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end
up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio.
We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the
experts in this field to prevent this outcome.
Grants like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work.
These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training
local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more.
We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control.
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