So, Ebola is not a threat, at least to the Republicans, now that   
    the election is over.   
      
    Of course, every single person who contracted Ebola in this   
    country was trying to help others, so Republicans were never in   
    any danger.   
      
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   Paul Krugman   
   When Government Succeeds   
   http://tinyurl.com/m88wdep   
      
    The great American Ebola freakout of 2014 seems to be over. The   
    disease is still ravaging Africa, and as with any epidemic,   
    there's always a risk of a renewed outbreak. But there haven't   
    been any new U.S. cases for a while, and popular anxiety is   
    fading fast.   
      
    Before we move on, however, let's try to learn something from   
    the panic.   
      
    When the freakout was at its peak, Ebola wasn't just a disease,   
    it was a political metaphor. It was, specifically, held up by   
    America's right wing as a symbol of government failure. The   
    usual suspects claimed that the Obama administration was falling   
    down on the job, but more than that, they insisted that   
    conventional policy was incapable of dealing with the situation.   
    Leading Republicans suggested ignoring everything we know about   
    disease control and resorting to mocking claims that health   
    officials knew what they were doing....   
      
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
   ... Jesus was a community organizer ... Pontius Pilate was a governor.   
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