Ebola!

I want to address this topic because of how huge it is in the media right now. I recently read an article about the Ebola outbreak and it dealt with how police officers in Texas were dealing with those being put in quarantine. The Dallas police chief was giving praise to his patrolman that have essentially been used to “hunt” down those that could possibly be infected. Obviously communication with the public is crucial in a situation like this where the virus has no cure and the public needs to know exactly what’s going on. What frustrates me is how the media spins the topic scaring the shit out of the general public. There’s no doubt that ebola is a serious virus and should raise serious concern not just with the American public but also throughout the world.

The fact that Ebola reached our shores is something the President should have never promised wouldn’t happen. However that fact that he did, has now caused media hysteria because politically biased media corporations are use that against him. What I liked about the story of Dallas police officers was that they continued to do their job and handle the situation professionally knowing they were in a dangerous situation. Although dangerous, one can easily understand that the virus doesn’t just get spread by being near those infected but by the transfer of bodily fluids. These policemen didn’t just react like the news seems to be stirring everyone too, and runaway from the problem which was cool to read about. They understood the task at hand and dealt with it protecting the public not through force and getting criminals off the street but by securing the safety of the public during this health epidemic. Not so much controversy with police tactics here, just more of pat on the back in the wake of the media continuously causing undue panic.

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