http://insider.foxnews.com/2014/12/22/sharyl-attkisson-howard-kurtz-govt-not-telling-americans-about-possible-ebola-cases

I guess one way to avoid widespread panic and fear is to just not report it.

“I called CDC not long ago and I said how many cases are being monitored in the United States and they said 1,400. I said, ‘where are these updates on your website?' They said they’re not putting it on the web. This is public information we have a right to know and the media should not hype it, but should cover it," she said.

Attkisson criticized the media for basically ending its coverage of the Ebola virus after President Obama appointed Ron Klain as Ebola czar.

"I don't think that's any accident, I think that's a strategy, but there's still cause for concern among infectious disease specialists," said Attkisson, noting that the CDC director suddenly stopped appearing on TV after doing interviews almost every day in the weeks before.