Writing in an op-ed in the Washington post, Brantly, who recently went back to Liberia on a visit, says while most of America has already put Ebola in the history books, the struggle continues in West Africa.
Guinea & Sierra Leone have 20 to 30 new cases a week, and there have been new ones in Liberia in recent weeks.
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Brantly says fear trumped compassion and science in public health policy and most other reactions in the U.S to Ebola last year.
And he feels that will have far-reaching effects, by marginalizing nations with Ebola cases and preventing them from building stronger health systems.
"We too quickly give up on caring for people with a protracted need for help, leaving the defenseless to fend for themselves," he wrote.
Brantly calls for countries around the world to decide on a response and to choose compassion over apathy.