James Surowiecki thinks we're spending way too much time worrying about Ebola…time which could and should be spent worrying about the flu. When all is said and done, the current strain of flu will probably kill more Americans than Ebola…and unlike Ebola, which may never contaminate anyone outside a few hospitals and labs, the flu seems to turn up anywhere people cough on each other.
I think it's like one of those things where people live in dread fear of a terrorist attack but accept as a normal part of life, the greater number of deaths that will occur from shootings, domestic violence, suicide, etc. Ebola is foreign.