Ebola Fever
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 7th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Ebola Fever
Michael Gerson, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — A prominent AIDS researcher recently recalled for me the panic at the start of the pandemic in the 1980s. Her superiors asked her not to publicize her work because they didn’t want their institution to be known as an “AIDS hospital.” Some parents instructed their children at school not to play with the researcher’s children, because she was in contact with the AIDS virus. Fear and stigma were only overcome by the relentless application of science. The Ebola virus — which can swiftly attack the body’s organs in the manner of a horror movie — is particularly adapted to cause…
CDC Head: Ebola Outbreak Unprecedented But Beatable
Adam O’Neal, RealClearPolitics
When news broke that two Americans infected with Ebola would be brought to the United States for treatment, myriad people voiced concern and anger on social media. Fears of a mass infection brought on by transporting the patients were unfounded, but paranoia spread through the Internet. Public health officials throughout the country have gone to great lengths to stress that the disease would be properly handled and treated. Perhaps no one has been a better advocate than Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden, who spoke at a special House Foreign Affairs Committee…
GOP Senate Incumbents Complete Primary Season Sweep
Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
Back in March, Mitch McConnell made a brash prediction about how Senate Republican incumbents would fare against Tea Party insurgents in the upcoming primary season. “I think we are going to crush them everywhere,” the minority leader told the New York Times. “I don’t think they are going to have a single nominee anywhere in the country.” At the time, McConnell’s remark sounded like bluster. After all, the GOP establishment had taken a beating over the previous two election cycles as their preferred Senate candidates lost to Tea Party challengers (who…
