Consider the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. In 2014 the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa led to 11325 deaths. You are required to use both the models by Thomas Malthus to examine the impacts of the Ebola virus, that is the resulting impacts after the outbreak, on one of the heavily hit countries, Sierra Leone.
1) Explain how the Ebola deaths in Sierra Leone affected the standards of living (per capita incomes) in Sierra Leone according to the Malthusian Model. Your explanation should explain how the equilibrium in the Malthusian model would change and also state whether that change would decrease or increase per capita incomes.
2) Is the effect of the Ebola virus on per capita incomes in Sierra Leone you found in question 1 realistic? Yes or No.