Jeff Stahler for July 30, 2014

He was on the way to the US.

Now here is something to be really afraid of. It is highly contagious and mostly fatal. With modern air travel it can move anywhere in the world with in a day or two. It could easily become the modern plague and kill off half the world’s population. At least that would really delay global warming.

I am surprised it’s taken this long for Ebola to get here. Who couldn’t have seen it coming?

If you like facts, there’s a nice piece at Vox about how Ebola can’t become a plague in a modern country with up-to-date health care. So, only worry if you are unfortunate enough to live in a third world country or a red state.

Wow, this is tougher than Obama on illegal immigrants.