I think we all know the next Syfy original: Ebola Constrictor

My next door neighbor might soon be hitting up Ebola hot zones for work ( she's CRS, not medicine, but the one who would be coordinating your burst appendix or Ebola or malaria evac?) I promised her I'd not shun her, we'd still do drinks and I'd do her shopping if she managed to make it to her house but be shunned by the state. But no tongue kissing. I think we're both good with that.

I think we all know the next Syfy original: Ebola Constrictor

I'd watch it.

But no tongue kissing. I think we're both good with that.

Don't let her sneeze blood directly into your eyeball, either. Just to be on the safe side.

Plus, even in a non-Ebloa-infected person, that would just be gross.

As someone on tumblr said, all US cases of Ebola happened to people trying to help. So Republican governors have nothing to worry about.

You know who needs to freak out? Those without access to clean IV fluids, regular electricity, good diagnostics.

RUNNING WATER. The first thing the UN (?) informational poster for distribution in West Africa says is "Wash your hands with soap and water!" Well, sure, that's a great idea, but if you're carrying in all of your water, how much are you going to use for handwashing? And what if you have no soap and no money? Oy.

Oh, here's the other great point I heard at work yesterday: These "traditional burial practices" you hear about? Washing and clothing the body, bringing the community together to say good bye, public burial -- JUST LIKE HERE.

Well, one of the positions I recently interviewed for just reposted the position on a job board, which strikes me as a less than promising sign.

JFC, I am so over this fucking nation freaking the fuck out over Ebola.

And all the talking heads now saying that it is going to skew the elections to the Republicans because of the fear factor. And people around me don't get why I am so pissed off about people wanting to be safe. If some of the idiots were in charge we would have internment camps.

I know a few doctors and nurses that travel afar to donate their services on a regular basis. So far as I know they have not gone to the Ebola areas. The doctors here tend to visit South American countries. They aren't spending their vacations in luxury resorts. They live in scary conditions in scary countries out of a sense of responsibility and giving back. To punish these caregivers does infuriate me. They are the last people that are going to do anything to infect strangers.

If I have to read another "BREAKING NEWS! AMERICAN PATIENT 3486 ALSO DOESN'T HAVE EBOLA!" headline, I may have to turn it into a drinking game.

Actually, staying drunk through the elections and until the panic goes away (or, actually, shifts to something else) sounds like a dandy idea to me.

Can we somehow convince the Ted Cruzes that their holy auras will protect them from getting Ebola and they should go to West Africa to punch it in the face at once?