Lawrence O. Gostin and Eric Friedman (Georgetown): Ebola: A Crisis in Global Health Leadership. From Cultural Anthropology, a series of articles on Ebola in perspective. Alex Tsakiridis on an analysis of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, from the point of view of disaster studies. Carl Bialik on an important indicator in the fight against Ebola. The Ebola outbreak is not just a human tragedy — it’s also an economic one. “In 1976 I discovered Ebola — now I fear an unimaginable tragedy”: Peter Piot was a researcher at a lab in Antwerp when a pilot brought him a blood sample from a Belgian nun who had fallen mysteriously ill in Zaire. Before Ebola, health officials thought the age of epidemics was over — it wasn’t: Annie Sparrow on how the WHO’s blindness and Western biases let the Ebola epidemic run wild. From miasma to Ebola: Stassa Edwards on the history of racist moral panic over disease (and more). Rebecca Leber on how an Ebola quarantine would work in America. Melissa Dahl on how everyone is dreaming about Ebola. Benjamin Wallace-Wells on how Ebola is a disease that punishes false confidence. Ebola is scarier when you don’t know how it’s spread: People don't realize how hard it is to catch the virus, new polling shows. Are people going to stop flying because of Ebola? The market certainly thinks so. You want to feel afraid? Paul Waldman on some things more likely to kill you than Ebola (and more). Experts offer steps for avoiding public hysteria, a different contagious threat. Ebola is not a weapon: Conspiracy theories are highly contagious — here’s why they’re wrong. Ebola panic finally gets its mystery conspiracy figure: Clipboard Guy. Keith Ablow of Fox News Medical A-Team says Obama won't protect Americans from Ebola because “his affinities” are with Africa, not the U.S. Conservative media turn to serial misinformer Betsy McCaughey to stoke fears about Ebola. Republicans want you to be terrified of Ebola — so you'll vote for them. Greg Sargent on how Ebola is infecting the battle for the Senate. Matthew Yglesias on how Ebola became a partisan issue (and more).
