This survey shows the level of public concern about contracting the Ebola virus in the United States in 2014. The results indicate that 77 percent of respondents are not worried about getting Ebola, whereas 22 percent stated that they are worried about getting infected with the Ebola virus.
Americans: When you heard about it in the news, were you worried about contracting the Ebola virus?
The source worded the question as follows: "Now thinking about the Ebola virus that had been in the news, did you, personally, worry yesterday about getting the Ebola virus, or not?"
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Gallup. (October 7, 2014). Americans: When you heard about it in the news, were you worried about contracting the Ebola virus? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/326711/-americans-worry-about-getting-ebola/
Gallup. "Americans: When you heard about it in the news, were you worried about contracting the Ebola virus?." Chart. October 7, 2014. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/326711/-americans-worry-about-getting-ebola/
Gallup. (2014). Americans: When you heard about it in the news, were you worried about contracting the Ebola virus?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/326711/-americans-worry-about-getting-ebola/
Gallup. "Americans: When You Heard about It in The News, Were You Worried about Contracting The Ebola Virus?." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/326711/-americans-worry-about-getting-ebola/
Gallup, Americans: When you heard about it in the news, were you worried about contracting the Ebola virus? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/326711/-americans-worry-about-getting-ebola/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Americans: When you heard about it in the news, were you worried about contracting the Ebola virus? [Graph], Gallup, October 7, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/326711/-americans-worry-about-getting-ebola/
