Freaking Out About Ebola

 

Here in the United States, with people freaking out,

(Even though there's just two cases we're concerned about)

I cannot imagine how West Africans must feel

Knowing their Ebola epidemic's all too real.

With so many sick and dying they've run out of beds,

They don't have clean water - never mind the latest meds.

I can see why they'd be freaking out...  I would be, too.

They've got cases in the thousands.  We've just had a few.

Still, I can't believe the CDC's phone help-line guy

Told the second, Dallas nurse that she was cleared to fly.

That seems rather feckless in the face of this disease.

Let's be much more careful of the public's safety, please.

Africa - I'd Take ISIL Any Day

Hemorrhagic fever in West Africa has spread.

Thousands are infected now; 2,000 plus are dead.

Doctors there were overwhelmed - the system broken down -

As Ebola moved from rural village into town.

This outbreak got out of hand 'cause locals didn't trust

Guys in plastic suits insisting quarantine's a must.

Scary strangers came to take their relatives away

Since, without a cure, there's nothing else to do but pray.

Doctors Without Borders were the targets of these fears.

Villagers threw stones, sometimes, at health-care volunteers,

Lied and said they weren't exposed and they were feeling great;

Hiding any symptoms of disease until too late.

President Obama, in a speech he made today,

Just announced he's sending U.S. troops into the fray,

Plus supplies to aid the victims of this dread disease...

I think I'd feel safer bringing ISIL to its knees.

Yes, of course we have to help in any way we can.

They need our assistance; I support Obama's plan.

But I know if I were still in uniform today;

Africa, I'd think, should merit hazard duty pay.