The White House retweeted a CDC info graphic about how difficult it is to catch the Ebola virus that is currently spreading rapidly in western Africa.
Facts about Ebola: You can’t get Ebola through air, water, or food. Learn more: http://t.co/hpmzWVHIvk pic.twitter.com/mIVGE8ymPx
— CDC Emerging Infections (@CDC_NCEZID) August 3, 2014
Ebola doesn’t pose even a smidgen of risk in the United States. Trust us. If you like not being infected with Ebola, you can remain not being infected with Ebola.
You may remember seeing some of these pictures though.
SO what could POSSIBLY go WRONG w/THIS?
RT @PzFeed: PHOTO: Ebola patient taken out of ambulance at Atlanta hospital pic.twitter.com/r3x3cDfTUl— The Supreme (@1SupremeGoddess) August 2, 2014
Ebola-stricken U.S. aid worker walks into Atlanta hospital for treatment http://t.co/DXe7ombDOn pic.twitter.com/cACXcOpXfA
— CBC News (@CBCNews) August 3, 2014
American doctor infected with the Ebola virus arrives in Atlanta for treatment: http://t.co/1Lj8C080cg pic.twitter.com/nO3Z7Qz1Kt
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) August 2, 2014
An Atlanta hospital will soon treat an Ebola patient: http://t.co/sqX8ywedKh (Ahmed Jallanzo, epa) pic.twitter.com/wfrUAwzos6
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 1, 2014
The containment device on the plane that will take the Ebola patients to Atlanta –> http://t.co/gl0idqr90f pic.twitter.com/OV7peSj3Wf
— Jimmy Orr (@JimmyOrr) July 31, 2014
This is picture of US government charter plane that will pick up Ebola patient(s) from Africa to go to Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/0LGJbjIRkB
— ScottGordonNBC5 (@ScottGordonNBC5) July 31, 2014
That’s a lot of gear to protect against a disease that’s so hard to spread.
Now we’re not trying to incite fear but there’s some overkill in this story somewhere. Is it the assurances from government or is it the biohazard gear being used to work with and transport Ebola patients?
Editor’s note: This post has been corrected to capitalize Ebola and to fix a grammatical error in the second paragraph.
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