I decided to look on twitter to find what was trending and write about that.
This week Shepard Smith made the twitter trend. In case you have been hiding under a rock, and may have missed this story in the last few days, you can catch up here.
The gist of this commentary is that the media is responsible for launching the Ebola outbreak into apocalyptic standing. He encourages Americans to not take the bait. He reassures his listeners that two health care workers that cared for the dying Ebola patient are the only ones that have Ebola, and the first health care worker that got Ebola is doing better. The second worker that has Ebola flew on a plane when she didn't have symptoms, and that Ebola is only spread when the symptoms are present. Those that were on the plane are being watched and are aware of the situation. He explains that Ebola is not widespread in America. He encourages his audience to instead get a flu shot. He said that 52,000 people died from the flu last year and you can be protected with a flu shot.
I enjoyed the truthfulness of his message and found it to be entirely cogent. He cut through the bull and helped to alleviate the fear that has been permeating throughout America with regards to Ebola.
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