Ebola is all over the news — but most consumers and health care professionals aren't worried about getting sick with the exotic disease.
What consumers are more concerned about, a new survey from WebMd finds, is how well equipped and prepared the nation's health care system is should an epidemic exist.
Nearly three-quarters of American consumers and health care professionals say they're not worried about catching the disease. But 55 percent of health care professionals feel the country isn't prepared to respond to an Ebola outbreak. Doctors and nurses felt more confident in their ability to manage the disease: 63 percent felt that their practice, clinic, or hospital was prepared to treat a patient with Ebola symptoms
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