65 forecasters

Will the current Ebola outbreak claim more than 1000 lives?

63%chance

63%chance

ResolvedYes

ResolvedYes

The community gave this a 63% chance, and it resolved Yes.

Forecast Timeline

Authors:

Opened:

Jan 19, 2019

Closes:

Mar 16, 2019

Resolved:

May 2, 2019

Spot Scoring Time:

Jan 20, 2019

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