The Sabbatical is Over, The Digg is Back
He’s baaaaaack. Yes after months of personally imposed sequestration, Digg is back. The last few months of inane absurdity by the media, government, and the general public has brought me back. It’s not about you, it’s about me and my need for catharsis. Now, let’s hit the pressure relief valve: Ebola: Any disease with no known cure and a mortality rate approaching 70% can be frightful. But it is not easily transmitted. If it were, the dozens of people who interacted with Thomas Eric Duncan before he died would also have contracted the disease. The calls to ban flights from West Africa are a panic-driven response as there are NO direct flights from the hardest hit nations in West Africa. Should we ban flights from Brussels, London, Paris, Frankfurt too? These restrictions have never worked in the past. To combat the disease, WHO states “ Community engagement is key to successfully controlling outbreaks. Good outbre...