DMEMEDS shared post via NYT: Ebola May Pose Little Threat to U.S., but It Looms Large on Twitter

It is the vividness of a perceived threat, rather than the threat's true potency, that plays the bigger role in the potential to spread through social media, researchers find. [Category: Twitter|TWTR|NYSE, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Social Media, Microsoft Corporation|MSFT|NASDAQ, Deaths (Fatalities), Ebola Virus] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/3d60168d/sc/7/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A140C0A80C110Cworld0Cebola0Emay0Epose0Elittle0Ethreat0Eto0Eus0Ebut0Eit0Elooms0Elarge0Eon0Etwitter0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

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