> In a worst-case hypothetical scenario, should the outbreak continue with recent trends, the case burden could gain an additional 77,181 to 277,124 cases by th

> In a worst-case hypothetical scenario, should the outbreak continue with recent trends, the case burden could gain an additional 77,181 to 277,124 cases by the end of 2014. What I wonder is: why do they think it will stop? What's going to put a brake on the epidemic's explosion? This is not a world where a disease can burn itself out on the local level by simply killing everyone susceptible.