Running Scared of Ebola
So we have heard quite a bit about Ebola lately, huh?
I always think to the start of the great Stephen King book, The Stand. ]
The disease in the stand was airborne, of course, and slowly but surely the entire population was brought into the battle.
(That's one of the greatest books released in the last 20 years - loved it!).
Yet we now have a case of a man suffering from Ebola in a Dallas hospital. There were reports that he may have been in other areas as well so...there you go.
Has it started?
We went through it with the bird flu scare. There were other health scares as well.
Do you think this is the way it will all end?
The maniacs who are afraid of everything are certain that we will all be struck with Ebola very shortly.
(And let me tell you, there are plenty of really scared people out there! My God!! There are people hunkered down all over this great land).
There is also a segment of the population who isn't scared at all.
"More people die of the mumps," one guy called in to say. "Who cares? It's the media making it a big deal."
Well, I suppose that I fall somewhere dead in the middle.
('Fall dead in the middle' might not be the best term).
Yet I believe that we will get a handle on it before too long.
At least here in the United States.
But to think of those who are suffering in other regions is really disconcerting because the money won't be there for them. The ebola death is a horrendous way to go.
"What're we doing?" Another caller screamed out. "We can't let these damn people in! Everyone needs to just get out of OUR country RIGHT NOW!"
"That may not be the entire issue," the host said.
"It is!" the guy screamed. "We don't have ebola here! They come up with these horrible diseases and they bring them to our clean country!"
The host just laughed.
They weren't laughing at the end of The Stand.
I'll tell you that much!
I always think to the start of the great Stephen King book, The Stand. ]
The disease in the stand was airborne, of course, and slowly but surely the entire population was brought into the battle.
(That's one of the greatest books released in the last 20 years - loved it!).
Yet we now have a case of a man suffering from Ebola in a Dallas hospital. There were reports that he may have been in other areas as well so...there you go.
Has it started?
We went through it with the bird flu scare. There were other health scares as well.
Do you think this is the way it will all end?
The maniacs who are afraid of everything are certain that we will all be struck with Ebola very shortly.
(And let me tell you, there are plenty of really scared people out there! My God!! There are people hunkered down all over this great land).
There is also a segment of the population who isn't scared at all.
"More people die of the mumps," one guy called in to say. "Who cares? It's the media making it a big deal."
Well, I suppose that I fall somewhere dead in the middle.
('Fall dead in the middle' might not be the best term).
Yet I believe that we will get a handle on it before too long.
At least here in the United States.
But to think of those who are suffering in other regions is really disconcerting because the money won't be there for them. The ebola death is a horrendous way to go.
"What're we doing?" Another caller screamed out. "We can't let these damn people in! Everyone needs to just get out of OUR country RIGHT NOW!"
"That may not be the entire issue," the host said.
"It is!" the guy screamed. "We don't have ebola here! They come up with these horrible diseases and they bring them to our clean country!"
The host just laughed.
They weren't laughing at the end of The Stand.
I'll tell you that much!
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