I think the economic lens is the way to go. It clearly applies to ebola itself. How come there wasn't a vaccine before now? Because it's a virus endemic to a po

I think the economic lens is the way to go. It clearly applies to ebola itself. How come there wasn't a vaccine before now? Because it's a virus endemic to a poor continent that kills its host quickly. And the sudden effort over the past few years? Spurred by Western medicine's realization of the grave potential of an ebola pandemic, because of experience with the epidemics of the past few years. I find it hard to believe that we couldn't moonshot an HIV/AIDS vaccine or cure, but it's also clear that the incentive isn't there. That doesn't take a conspiracy, just the people who could fund an organize a concerted, focused global effort simply not caring enough about a disease that is still stigmatized by its infection rate among "gays, druggies, and blacks" (particularly when they can rent-seek on bodies that have historically been commodified anyway).