Death at a Distance

Originally posted on Life in Portsong:

I saw someone���s Facebook status today:

And I was immediately struck with anger.

At first, I wasn���t sure quite why. I get what they meant. It seems like Ebola���s everywhere! It���s constantly on the news, all over the internet, and everyone���s talking about it. It makes sense to be sick of hearing about it.�� We���re bound to get sick of hearing about anything that much!

But still, I couldn���t shake the discomfort that rung in my head over that status. Ebola seems far away, after all, it���s only been diagnosed four times in the US. It���s easy to tuck it away in your mind as something distant that doesn���t affect you and forget why it���s a big deal.

It���s even become a hot topic for jokes on social media:

Because so many see this very real disease as a far away concept, we find safety in our distance and it���s���

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