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| Government under-reaction to Ebola is condescending and dangerous |
| 2014-10-17 |
| [DallaNews] Now that Ebola is in America (an event, you might remember, that was labeled “highly unlikely” just weeks ago) the relentless drumbeat from the CDC and our president can be summed up in six words: “Don’t panic! It’s no big deal!” The second part of that, invariably delivered in a smug, clinical tone, is essentially this: “There’s no way you can ever catch Ebola, you dummies, unless you regularly mainline raw sewage, like they all do in Africa!” Early on, official narratives from the CDC and the president loudly assured Americans that they could catch Ebola only from “close contact” with exotic “bodily fluids” like blood and semen. Americans were simultaneously assured that there was no way you could catch Ebola on, say, a bus or a plane, and that they were silly and paranoid to think otherwise. Later, of course, the CDC quietly admitted that the Ebola virus can survive on dried surfaces for hours and could even potentially be passed through a sneeze. Oh, well. Details, details. The official, high-level strategy to combat Ebola — which, it bears repeating, is a contagious virus that can literally liquefy your insides — appears to be the same foolproof strategy that was recently used to not lock the front door of the White House. It is, in other words, completely devoid of common sense. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |