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Originally Posted by Josy

It actually does need more awareness and lots of it, especially since there is still a slim risk that it could reach the UK at some point, hell there was even members on here debating it in the other thread that clearly had no understanding of the virus at all apart from the name... They had no idea how it spreads, the incubation time frame and so on, so if it takes some high profile people like the celebrities to make more people aware of it then it can only be a good thing regardless of who organised it, it's getting a great amount of exposure and like mentioned a lot in the thread no one is being forced to buy it.

I wouldn't even say it's raised awareness of Ebola that much and it certainly hasn't educated anyone on how it spreads. It's done more to raise awareness of Bob Geldof than anything else and, unless there's a verse I've missed which details how Ebola is spread and how to avoid it, it's not educating people either.

It's just a shallow gesture that ultimately serves the celeb's interests above all else.

If Bob Geldof made an appeal that didn't present himself as Africa's sole Savior and instead highlighted the plight and the people that are actually doing something significant to prevent the spread of Ebola then I'd support it but I can't support something as self serving as this 'charity' single.