No worries: just attacks on Ebola prevention and treatment centers and workers in the Congo

During an outbreak. No big deal. Continue shopping.

Here's what happened yesterday.

And here's more background, including this wonderful bit that I'm sure will be best combated by the good vibes that come from having a positive attitude:


Congolese health officials and their international partners expect the fight against Ebola to drag on well into next year. The biggest worry is that, unchecked, the epidemic could reach Goma, the regional capital.
“If it hits Goma, we’re done for,” said Dr. Jean-Christophe Shako, the director of a local Ebola response team whose tasks require negotiating with the militia so that health workers can enter their territories and have their safety guaranteed. The city sits on a busy border with Rwanda and has an international airport that could disperse the disease globally.

Try having a positive attitude when you're drowning in your own blood. I'd like to see Sean Achor prove his "90% of happiness is inside your head" bullshit while bleeding out internally.

These stories were buried under an avalanche of mostly comparative-bullshit in the NYT. Like, attacking Sanders, covering the unsurprising surprise visit to Iraq by Trump (is there anything more unsurprising than a president or other high official showing up in a war zone?), and near-real-time scorekeeping on the fucking stock market.