Is anyone here petrified of Ebola?

[Tarheel_Dem]

62. The media loves these stories, cuz they don't cost much, and they go on & on & on....

and folks who are easily alarmed can't turn away. Sadly, the folks paying the most attention to this fear-mongering are the least informed. Quelle Surprise.

Ebola poll: N.J. residents fear an outbreak in U.S., but aren't well-informed about disease


The poll turned up one oddity: Those who claim to be following the outbreak the most closely also have the most inaccurate information about it.

For example, people who are paying a lot of attention to Ebola are twice as likely to hold the erroneous belief there is effective medicine to treat it. They are also more likely to believe it is spread easily, even though the deadly fever is less contagious than the flu, said Redlawsk.

"Ebola is particularly scary, with no cure and a high death rate," said Redlawsk. "Believing it is easily spread feeds this fear," he said.

"The tone of the coverage seems to be increasing fear while not improving understanding," he said.

In general, women respondents were more likely to hold misconceptions about Ebola, with 73 percent believing it is easily spread, compared to 60 percent of men. Respondents under the age of 30 are also more likely to see the fever as highly contagious.

http://www.nj.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2014/10/ebola_poll_nj_fears_an_outbreak_here.html

I find it particularly interesting that the folks who are screaming the loudest about the CDC, have skipped right over all the layers of incompetence below them. I mean, we are talking about a state that openly ruminated about secession, and now they're whining for the big ol' bad US government to fix this shit.