Of course I don’t mind sitting next to a non-contagious person on a plane. I mean, I’m not an epidemiologist, but I’m smart enough to listen to them over Rand Paul, who is fearmongering on this issue. An American is at FAR more danger from a Republican state government (which is killing an estimated 7,000 to 17,000 per year by not expanding Medicaid) than to Ebola (less than a dozen, no prospect of an epidemic). Jon Stewart had an excellent piece on this on Thursday, and unlike this cartoon, it’s based on observed fact.
Of course I don’t mind sitting next to a non-contagious person on a plane. I mean, I’m not an epidemiologist, but I’m smart enough to listen to them over Rand Paul, who is fearmongering on this issue. An American is at FAR more danger from a Republican state government (which is killing an estimated 7,000 to 17,000 per year by not expanding Medicaid) than to Ebola (less than a dozen, no prospect of an epidemic). Jon Stewart had an excellent piece on this on Thursday, and unlike this cartoon, it’s based on observed fact.