How to change public opinion: Applying Ebola lessons to coronavirus

Various countries are starting to reopen. In Taiwan, baseball stadiums are filling up with fans. In Spain, nonessential workers are heading back to the office. In Wuhan, China, students are already back in classrooms.

But in the U.S., people still can’t get on the same page about wearing masks. The success or failure of a country's response to an epidemic has a lot to do with residents trusting public officials and health experts.

That was something public health officials learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa six years ago. What they learned could be applied to COVID-19 now.