All the panic over Ebola from a small group of people that were exposed to Mr. Duncan is ridiculous. There are many things much more dangerous than the chance that we will in some fantasy world catch Ebola from people all the way in Texas.
I find the Republicans, Tea Partiers and Libertarians much more dangerous.
First their programs cut back on funding for the CDC and NIH so that the research that could have made an innoculation against Ebola ready for this kind of event was not able to be completed. Next, Texas refuses to expand Medicaid so many people would not have insurance should they catch this disease.
They are against regulations so fertilizer and chemical storage facilities are exploding and burning around the country. They deny climate change which puts all of us in danger with terrible storms, sea rise and drought conditions that lead to forest fires.
They want to take away the Affordable Care Act so that many more will not have access to health insurance. Many would die because of this because they could not afford the care they need to overcome many illnesses.
They promote low pay for nurses and privitization of hospitals and healthcare facilities so that they were not ready for Ebola. The nurses were unprepared for this disease because of lack of training and lack of proper supplies to protect them from infection.
They promote fracking which poisons the air with methane and poisons the ground water with chemicals that they refuse to divulge. They promote ocean oil well drilling which has fouled the Gulf of Mexico and coastal America, instead of promoting safer energy like solar and wind power. They back corporations like Monsanto that produce dangerous chemicals that kill the bees that pollinate the crops that are our food and gmo foods which have not been proven safe.
They take away the SNAP from the poor so that they can starve. They promote cutting wages so people cannot live on what they work so hard to earn. They try to take away the lifeline from the elderly of Social Security and Medicare. Hey why not just give them Soylent Green and then exterminate them after a certain age.
They refuse programs that are directed at women's health so they cannot get proper care with cancer screenings, birth control, pre and post-natal care and for abortions for tubal pregnancies or other circumstances forcing some women to seek unsafe procedures on the black market.
They promote racism which endangers black and Hispanic men and women with profiling. They refuse to legislate for women caught in domestic violence or are raped in the military.
They promote out of control gun ownership that endangers thousands of people each year.
They work for corporations instead of people and line their pockets at the expense of their constituents.
They spread panic so they can rule by fear. By spreading unfounded panic they endanger us. They promote war whenever possible and spend our men and women in them without serving in the wars themselves.
So yes, I am more afraid of them than I am of Ebola.