Beatrice Groth takes to the streets of Plaistow to ask white and West African residents how they rate the risks of Ebola.
Newham Council estimates the black population of the borough at 23.5%, of which a significant proportion is likely to be from the area of West Africa associated with Ebola.
So far the outbreak of Ebola that has killed nearly 5000 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has only spread to America, where there has been one death, and Spain, where the person affected was eventually cured.
But the UK has started partial screening of travellers from the affected countries who arrive at Gatwick and Heathrow. And although Ebola is not airborne, the high mortality rates of the disease and media coverage of the current outbreak, have prompted a strong reaction.
I went to Plaistow in Newham to ask people their opinions.
Abigail Pollack, a white Briton, said she had already seen signs of prejudice against West Africans. She had, for example, heard of parents being rude to children who had been on holiday to Nigeria.
Asax and Michael, both Ghanaians, agreed that airport screening would help to protect members of the British public, but disagreed about who should be responsible for eradicating the disease. Michael criticised the developed nations for taking too long to react to Ebola, arguing that it would take 2000 Western deaths before any real efforts were made to find a vaccine; whereas Asax said it was up to the African countries to be more efficient about caring for the health of their own people.
Anthony Aiyakhaire, a Nigerian resident in London, spoke for all of them when he said that it was unlikely there would ever be an epidemic here, because unlike Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the UK is well equipped to tackle the disease.