The Downside of Securitizing the Ebola Virus -Council on Foreign Relations

“The logic of securitization often works against effective risk management. A study published in the medical journal The Lancet estimated that the risk of Ebola spreading to the United States was only 13 percent of the risk of spread to the United Kingdom or France combined. The securitization approach, however, often leads to heavy-handed government interventions that do not differentiate actual risks posed to communities, states, and populations.”

http://www.cfr.org/diseases-infectious/downside-securitizing-ebola-virus/p33852?cid=rss-analysisbriefbackgroundersexp-the_downside_of_securitizing_t-112514