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From the Ted Talk by Bruce Aylward: Humanity vs. Ebola. How we could win a terrifying war

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But contrary to public belief sometimes these days, once the virus was detected, there was a _____ _____ in of support. MSF _______ set up an Ebola treatment center, as many of you know, in the area. The World Health Organization and the partners that it works with deployed __________ ________ of people over the next two months to be able to help _____ the virus. The problem, ladies and gentlemen, is by then, this virus, well known now as Ebola, had spread too far. It had already outstripped what was one of the largest responses that had been mounted so far to an Ebola outbreak.

Solution

  1. rapid
  2. rapidly
  3. track
  4. surge
  5. eventually
  6. hundreds

Original Text

But contrary to public belief sometimes these days, once the virus was detected, there was a rapid surge in of support. MSF rapidly set up an Ebola treatment center, as many of you know, in the area. The World Health Organization and the partners that it works with deployed eventually hundreds of people over the next two months to be able to help track the virus. The problem, ladies and gentlemen, is by then, this virus, well known now as Ebola, had spread too far. It had already outstripped what was one of the largest responses that had been mounted so far to an Ebola outbreak.

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