Ebola threatens chocolate http://t.co/Z3V36geKHO pic.twitter.com/WQ84bnPBzX

— POLITICO (@politico) October 13, 2014

Chocolate is a huge export for the countries at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, so the outbreak’s effects on the supply chain will have a ripple effect. It will seriously hurt the local economies there, and might have a lasting impact on prices/consumption around the world.