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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: I understand that Ebola has been around for a long time, but what caused this sudden spread of the disease?
gpt
Unlike previous outbreaks that happened in rural, isolated areas which burned themselves out, this one managed to spread to a large densely populated area with poor sanitation and terrible healthcare services. Throw in poor education, lack of basic knowledge of the illness, superstition, burial rituals that evolve touching the bodies of the dead and you have the perfect conditions for it to spread.