Ebola: How Celebrities Plan to Help In Jeffrey Wright's 'Crush Ebola Now' [WATCH]

The Ebola epidemic that is sweeping West Africa and making headlines numerous times a day is catching the attention of our nation's celebrities. In this regard, celebrities have a voice that is heard nationally and worldwide, so what are some of our famous faces saying? How are they lending a hand?

A Twitter feud broke out this August between The View host, Whoopi Goldberg and business mogul Donald Trump as he stated, "The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back," he tweeted on August 1. "People that go to far away places to help out are great — but must suffer the consequences!"

Oh boy.

As a friend of Trump, Goldberg responded by stating, "I'm not defending him, but he is also a friend of mine, so I don't want to be disrespectful to him ... But that was a stupid comment" She continued by stating, "Do your homework, Donald."

Putting Twitter feuds aside and focusing on the real issue at hand, celebrities have partnered on actor Jeffrey Wright's "Crush Ebola Now." CNN's Isha Sesay speaks to the actor about why he and other celebrities have chosen to speak out against Ebola.

Wright states that Westerners "become the face of this outbreak, the face of the infection, so what I was hoping to do was reshape the narrative a little bit to refocus it back into West Africa."

Some of the stars that have taken part on the campaign are Alicia Keys, Naomi Campbell, Idris Elba, Tony Blair, Forest Whitaker and many more.

"Their needs to be optimism around this," explains Wright.

The Ebola virus is a disease of humans that have symptoms that start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus. Symptoms include fever, sore throat, muscle pain, headache and is typically followed by vomiting, diarrhea and a rash. It progresses to failure of the liver and kidneys at this time one bleeds within the body and externally.

Our nation as already lost one American to the virus and the government is upping its health security so this problem won't become a problem in the states.