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Is Ebola the ISIS of biological agents? Is Ebola the Boko Haram of AIDS? Is Ebola the al-Shabaab of dengue fever? Some say Ebola is the Milosevic of West Nile virus. Others say Ebola is the Ku Klux Klan of paper cuts. Its obvious that Ebola is the MH370 of MH17. But at some point the question must be asked whether Ebola isnt also the Narendra Modi of sleeping sickness. And I dont mean to offend anyones sensitivities, but theres more and more reason to believe that Ebola is the Sani Abacha of having some trouble peeing. At first there was, understandably, the suspicion that Ebola was the Hitler of apartheid, but now it has become abundantly clear that Ebola is actually the George W. Bush of being forced to listen to someones podcast. Folks, this thing is serious. The World Health Organization calls it the Putin of Stalin. In laypersons terms, thats like saying its the Stalin of U2. Now we are seeing the idea thrown around that it could be the Black Hand of the Black Death, not to mention the Red Peril of the Red Plague. If you dont want to go that far, you have to at least admit that Ebola is the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb of Stage IV brain cancer. At this point, its very possible that Ebola could become airborne and turn into the Tea Party of extreme climate events. Throughout the country of Africa, Ebola is the Abu Ghraib of think pieces. Look, Im not the politically correct type, so Im just going to put this out there: Ebola is the neo-Nazism of niggling knee injuries. The kind of threat it poses to the American way of life essentially makes it the North Korea of peanut allergies. Im not going to lie to you, and I dont care what color you are, you could be red, green, blue, purple, whatever; you need to understand that Ebola (the Obama of Osama, but dont quote me) is literally the Some of my best friends are black of #NotAllMen. But the burning question no one has raised yet is whether Ebola is the Newsweek of halitosis. Well go to the phones in a moment and get your take on this. But first let me open the discussion up to our panel and ask whether Ebola is merely the Fox News of explosive incontinence, or whether the situation is much worse than that and Ebola is, in fact, the CNN of CNN.
http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-is-ebola
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)This is the best darned article I've seen anywhere aout Ebola, or heard discussed on any channel, including Sanjay Gupta's CNN spiels....
I really enjoyed all the humor provided by very extensive knowledge and earthy expressions, and got from it what they intended, a perspective somewhat closer to the truth.
Had I done the article, I would wrongfully have broken it up into paragraphs for easier reading by old and very young readers. I normally need a ruler to follow anything long, or don't read it. (the NY article has longer thus fewer lines). I made an exception and read your whole OP. How do you find all this interesting stuff anyway?
I just heard that Duncan died. We know he was turned away from a Dallas hospital and should have had care from the get-go like any other flu. Strains of the disease and his general health had a lot to do with his death, and treatment by preventing dehydration which he no doubt lacked were factors.
So thanks, I loved the article and will print it out for the frig..