发表于《纽约时报》观点版。“我在该地区从事人道主义卫生工作已有数十年，并曾协助领导过数次埃博拉疫情的应对工作。但我从未见过一次疫情如此远远地跑在我们前面，”希瑟·克尔写道。此次疫情发现较晚，使病毒抢占了先机。
In @nytopinion. “I have worked in humanitarian health in this region for decades and helped lead responses to several Ebola outbreaks. But I have never seen one get this far ahead of us,” Heather Kerr writes. This outbreak was detected late, giving the virus a head start.