Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Let's see. According to Miriam-Webster, hysteria=behaving or reacting in an extreme way because of fear.
Now let's look at some of the things that have been posted here over the last few days, following the announcement of ONE case diagnosed in the US:
--Close the borders!
--The government is lying to us!
--I'm never using another airplane bathroom!
--I'm going to quit riding the Metro!
--One person (who's temperature was taken before check-in) could infect an entire plane!
--Hoardes of West Africans with Ebola are going to start flying to the US!
Yeah, you're right. None of those reactions sound extreme at all.
Also, you're changing your tune now, but what you originally labeled "hysteria" was a person asking why it was a stretch that one person might infect a plane full of people, if the Spanish nurse got it from being in the same room with an infected patient. No exclamation points involved, even. Not even a statement. A question. But, a person must be marginalized -- and accused of mental illness -- just for asking the question in your world. Gee, I wonder why our dialogue in this country is at such a low level.
Also, if you think "not using an airplane bathroom" or "not taking the metro" are extreme actions, then, um, wow. I wonder what would happen if you actually saw an extreme action.