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A ‘monumental effort’ revisited: New Ebola exhibit captures the intensity of the response to the crisis

A new exhibit memorializing the response to the West African outbreak features hundreds of artifacts and photographs taken at the peak of the epidemic.

ATLANTA — A new exhibit here memorializing the response to the West African Ebola outbreak features hundreds of artifacts and photographs taken at the peak of the crisis. Among them, a special deck of playing cards grabs the eye.

These cards would make for a gruesome game of poker.

The ace provides a brief explanation of Ebola. Two through five identify early symptoms like fever, headache, and muscle pain. Six is a later symptom — vomiting.

The decision by public health responders to communicate about Ebola in this way was both ingenious and a stark reminder of the challenges they faced as they tried to warn people in

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