The United States of America has 99 problems but Ebola isn’t one of them.

Compared to areas in Africa where thousands of people have died due to this disease sweeping across its countries, the United States has had one death, according to cnn.com.

Countries such as Sierra Leone have had an increasing rate of deaths that has grown to more than 20 per day.

In the hysteria and fear of the disease Americans have forgotten that this disease has had one casualty in the United States, in one isolated area where it was quarantined and handled efficiently.

Americans have a higher chance of catching Measles in the United States than catching Ebola, according to an L.A. Times article.

Along with that fact the the disease has only had one death, any symptoms or cases of the disease have been handled swiftly.

For instance, Ashoka Mukpo a freelance cameraman that was working for NBC News contracted the disease while in Liberia was able to be treated and was later to be found with no trace of Ebola in his bloodstream.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has made it clear that Americans should be cautious but also shouldn’t fear the disease.

The CDC has made detailed documents for doctors who run into cases where they have a checklist on how to decide whether or not they are dealing with someone who has contracted Ebola.

These include travel and exposure history of the patients to infected travel areas over a 21-day-period to areas with Ebola or if they have been exposed to a person with Ebola, according to www.cdc.gov.

If you aren’t sure and you feel symptoms that include a fever, severe headache, muscle pain, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, or abdominal pain, you should seek guidance from your normal physician immediately.

You may have the flu, a cold, a case of allergies, heart disease, or sinusitis, which all have the same symptoms that Ebola does.

So, before you decide to panic about the fever like symptoms you have, educate yourself and realize Ebola probably isn’t your problem.