Anything to say about Ebola now, Senator Paul?
Ebola panic was so pre-November 4. One week later, the doctor, Craig Spencer, who had it has been
cured and released from the hospital, and the nurse, Kaci Hickox, who did not have it but still caused a politically-driven panic in two states, reached the 21-day infection window
without becoming ill. There are zero cases of Ebola in the U.S. The successful treatment of the nurses who contracted the disease in this country and the healthcare workers who got it in West Africa and were brought home for treatment demonstrates that this nation—and the Obama administration—can handle the disease. So do you suppose any of
these guys will acknowledge that?
Indeed, it’s amazing to pause for a moment to contrast the partisan hyperventilating we heard very recently about Ebola becoming "Obama’s Katrina" and an example of governmental "incompetence." Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), true to form, started pushing conspiracy theories. Rep Peter King (R-N.Y.) suggested the public should no longer trust public-health officials.
It was just over a week ago that Sen.-elect Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) went so far as to argue that President Obama "hasn't demonstrated" that he even cares whether or not Americans get Ebola.
Some of the ugliest fear-mongering about the virus came from right-wing Senate candidates–Ernst, North Carolina's Thom Tillis, Arkansas' Tom Cotton, et al–who actually won their races.
Don't hold your breath. Now that the election is over, we probably won't ever hear them utter the word "Ebola" again. Which is pretty big problem, actually. They're all members of the Senate now, in the new majority, and it's actually within their power to do something about Ebola where it's still raging in West Africa. But don't hold your breath on that one, either.