My God, I almost can't believe it!

[alarimer]

29. What we have here is "ebolanoia"

A term I saw coined somewhere. I think it fits. A bunch of scientifically, illiterate kindergartners is what this country has come to. Fear, fear, fear. All the fucking time. I mean, Syracuse University canceled an appearance by a journalist who had been covering things in Liberia almost a month ago, because "you can't be too careful." Well, yes, you can actually. Fucking morons. Actually, no, I think they were afraid the parents of the precious snowflake students would raise hell. So that's a cover-their-asses move clearly. But it's stupid. Somebody needs to go on TV and say "Get a fucking grip, you idiots!".

And CNN and FOX fear-mongering are not helping one bit.

People are complaining about the government's response. Do they not realize that this is one of the functions of government? The CDC (and every other federal agency) has been starved of funding, "government employees" derided as do-nothings with cushy jobs. That sure helps morale.

Yeah, fuck you Republicans. You want government to drown in a bathtub? Fine. Cut taxes all you want. But then you can't complain that they didn't do enough. You cannot have it both ways. Public health is one of the things government HAS to do. The so-called free market will not (and probably cannot) serve those functions.

Also, the panic is a direct result of the scientifically illiterate being in charge of education. Stupid people elect stupid people and stupid things happen. Again, Fuck you, fundamentalist christian morons. I can only hope that this whole episode teaches people that we really do need a functioning government and we need Congress to do more that just cut fucking funding for the very agency that IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE VANGUARD. But they can't. Because Republican morons decided we needed more bombers instead of more infectious disease specialists.