Good articles on Ebola

[FSogol]

Judy Stone (Scientific American) - Ebola in the U.S.—Politics and Public Health Don’t Mix
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/2014/10/06/ebola-in-the-u-s-politics-and-public-health-dont-mix/

Atul Gawande – The Ebola Epidemic Is Stoppable
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/ebola-epidemic-stoppable

David Dobbs – Our Ebola response shows our true colors. Ain’t pretty.
http://daviddobbs.net/smoothpebbles/our-ebola-response-shows-our-true-colors-aint-pretty/

Eli Perencevich – Ebola and WHO budget cuts
http://haicontroversies.blogspot.com/2014/10/ebola-and-who-budget-cuts.html

Ian MacKay – What words would you use to separate influenza spread from Ebola virus disease spread?
http://virologydownunder.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/what-words-would-you-use-to-separate.html

Laurie Garrett – Obamacare may hold the key to saving the U.S. from Ebola
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/10/02/obamacare_may_hold_the_key_to_saving_the_us_from_ebola

Tara Smith – No, Ebola in Dallas does not mean you and everyone else in the US is going to get it, too
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/30/ebola-dallas-spreading-across-america

Peter Piot- ‘In 1976 I discovered Ebola – now I fear an unimaginable tragedy‘
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/04/ebola-zaire-peter-piot-outbreak?CMP=twt_gu

If you are getting your info from CNN, HuffPost, or cable TV, you are probably misinformed.

[kestrel91316]

1. Your final sentence is spot on.

[FSogol]

2. Unfortunately hysteria gets the recs, views, and comments on DU too. Good info sinks.

[Stuart G]

3. Many informative links..thank you

[deutsey]

4. Democracy Now! has also had some good shows on this recently

A U.S. Nurse Witnesses Ebola’s Ravages in Sierra Leone, Where Horrific Conditions Claim Lives Daily
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/16/a_us_nurse_witnesses_ebolas_ravages

An Unprofitable Disease: In the Political Economy of Ebola, Who Lives and Who Dies?
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/16/an_unprofitable_disease_in_the_political

As Second Dallas Nurse Diagnosed with Ebola, Are U.S. Hospitals Failing Healthcare Workers?
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/15/as_second_dallas_nurse_diagnosed_with

Infected Workers, Slow Deployment, No Vaccines: Ebola Response Shows Pitfalls of Privatized Health
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/15/infected_workers_slow_deployment_no_vaccines

[FSogol]

5. Thanks, I'll check them out. n/t