Media coverage in the United States of the Ebola outbreak appears to have exceeded the rest of the world since the first confirmed case of Ebola was diagnosed in the U.S. on September 30, 2014.
Via Bloomberg’s Michael McDonough comes this remarkable chart, created by Bloomberg, illustrating media coverage of Ebola around the world.
i wonder if depends diapers have also seen an explosion in sales, judging by the hysteria of the chatterbunnies providing the coverage (and it’s not just fox… msnbc gives them a run for their fear-pimping)
It was sharks and Gary Condit in 2001.
Why am I not surprised. It happens in Africa- ‘who cares’ It happens in the US…mass hysteria!
Until the media hype calms down and sanity returns, people can do something to protect themselves: get a flu shot.
They are all freaking out. End of times just around the corner. Don’t buy green bananas.