Weekly Blog Post: EBOLA

Ebola is the big topic as of late, with fears and concerns about it spreading after a man traveled to the US after visiting West Africa.  He became sick with Ebola, and died a few days later.  This week we have been tasked with finding a map with good color choices.  I chose this map from the World Health Organization about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.  It's not the most colorful of maps out there, but I think it effectively uses color to show the data they are trying to portray.  The yellow stands out to show where the outbreaks have been recently, and the red dots shows the number of cases.  The red adds a sense of urgency, which I believe if warranted since Ebola is so deadly and can spread easily in places with poor sanitation and health care.

Source:  World Health Organization