Hey, media: How come we're just finding out now that 1400 people are being monitored for Ebola in the U.S.?

So, Ebola has been out of the news of late, but that doesn’t mean it’s still not an issue. Check out this ominous sounding update from the CDC:

CDC: More Than 1,400 People in U.S. Being Actively Monitored for Ebola http://t.co/WsLsAdQwQd

— Sharyl Attkisson?️‍♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) December 1, 2014

Wow. How come we’re just hearing about this now?

@SharylAttkisson Media working very hard to keep this information from the American people. This is Obama cure, black out the information.

— Fair for all (@Citizenpundit12) December 1, 2014

@SharylAttkisson But we didn't want anyone to know…..Sshhhhh……it's supposed to be a secret.

— George Carl (@georgecarl1955) December 1, 2014

@SharylAttkisson @BeanfromPa Looks like the Ebola czar's job was to muffle the media, not Ebola.

— Mean-Deplorable Jay ?? (@jay6018) December 1, 2014

Ebola Czar political operative did his work well,off front pages, silenced…intimidation, promises, means/ends @SharylAttkisson @ScottInSC

— Jane L (@SunnyJL52) December 1, 2014

And this:

35 U.S. hospitals designated as Ebola treatment centers, more expected in coming weeks, says @CDCgov pic.twitter.com/7aG28nvYKH

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 2, 2014

35 hospitals, but that’s not enough so we need more? Which brings up these obvious questions:

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/539822558808662016

But Ebola isn't a real problem, I heard. RT @vplus JUST IN: 35 U.S. hospitals designated as #Ebola treatment centers

— RBe (@RBPundit) December 2, 2014

And things in Africa aren’t going so well:

@MSF @MSF_USA warning:international #Ebola response has been "slow and uneven." More skilled people needed now. http://t.co/nJhdFuu9wa

— Rich Besser (@DrRichBesser) December 2, 2014

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Life on the Ebola frontline: 'Fear is overpowering even the health workers' http://t.co/2fOT0ooWle

— The Guardian (@guardian) December 2, 2014

.@ColumbiaMSPH prepares to set up #Ebola lab in Africa http://t.co/qpClj8rXQW

— Columbia University (@Columbia) December 2, 2014

Ebola is crippling the economies of three countries http://t.co/oLEb8ZNbUQ pic.twitter.com/lZvDpYCobb

— Mashable (@mashable) December 2, 2014

America has stopped paying attention, but Ebola is still ravaging Sierra Leone http://t.co/qOSmR5ELXy pic.twitter.com/54Ri55bNU9

— Vox (@voxdotcom) December 2, 2014

Despite missing its target on burials, @WHO confident it can catch up with #Ebola. http://t.co/vtmyFa0uMc pic.twitter.com/KmbGNbkL1N

— CNN International (@cnni) December 2, 2014

However, not all of the news is bad:

Pres. Obama is heading to NIH today w/ hope of what appears to be Ebola vaccine created by researchers. Dr. Fauci will join us. – #AMR staff

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) December 2, 2014

Let’s hope the NIH can deliver.

Twitchy coverage of Ebola here.

Editor’s note: A typo in the headline to this post was corrected.