If you read , watch , or listen to one affair about Ebola in America today , let it be this . Fox News anchor Shepard Smith render a much - needed rebuke against sensationalist reportage of U.S. Ebola case today , while ply a clearly - head review of the facts as they now stick out .
Smith ’s commentary here is about as clear , cogent , and concise as it go . He describes people in the metier who say or write hysterical thing about the spread of Ebola in the U.S. as “ irresponsible . ” He name the call that America ’s leaders and medical professional have lied about the disease “ ridiculous ” and “ completely without base in fact . ” He also treat the development of Ebola ’s stateside arriver by various political entities , mark that “ for the purposes of this fact - public exposure utilization , those [ political ] matters are orthogonal . ”
These are all excellent period , but Smith really hit it out of the parking lot around the 3:30 mark :
There is no Ebola spreading in America . Should that exchange , our reporting will change . But there is nothing indicating that it will . Best advice for you and your family at this moment ? Get a flu shot . Unlike Ebola , flu is easily transmitted . Flu , along with resulting pneumonia , kill 52,000 Americans last yr alone . A flu shot will melt off your probability of getting influenza . So get one .
The World Health Organization reported yesterdaythat , despite some signs of progression , Ebola continue to spread sharply throughout West Africa . But in the U.S. , the answer to whether you should be worried about Ebola is the same today as it wasseveral months ago :
https://gizmodo.com/should-you-be-worried-about-ebola-a-helpful-chart-1615325448
H / tVirginia Hughes
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