Vanderleun @ American Digest has a short quote on his sidebar from this article in American Standard.

Six Reasons to Panic

The day after that Frieden was asked during a press conference if you could contract Ebola by sitting next to someone on a bus—a question prompted by a statement from President Obama the week before, when he declared that you can’t get Ebola “through casual contact, like sitting next to someone on a bus.”

Frieden answered: “I think there are two different parts of that equation. The first is, if you’re a member of the traveling public and are healthy, should you be worried that you might have gotten it by sitting next to someone? And the answer is no. Second, if you are sick and you may have Ebola, should you get on a bus? And the answer to that is also no. You might become ill, you might have a problem that exposes someone around you.”

Go ahead and read that again.

We have arrived at a moment with our elite institutions where it is impossible to distinguish incompetence from willful misdirection. This can only compound an already dangerous situation.

Sometimes I pick out a different part of a good article to highlight than Gerald, not this time.  That quote is perfect.  Perfectly frightening that is.

If this story keeps up I may have to re-title this blog to “On the Ebola River”.     I hope not.