CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US

Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by DanBC on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @07:11PM (#8391956)

Recently an arsonist alledgedly set fire to a dog shelter in the UK.

They raised over £1m in a few days.

> The blaze, which was tackled by more than 30 firefighters, killed about 60 animals.

> Within 24 hours, more than £1m pounds had been raised to help around 150 surviving dogs.

This happened while Ebola was happening.

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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by corin_ on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @07:44PM (#8392081)

Dogs are both cuter and easier for us English to relate to than Africans.

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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by __david__ on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @05:59AM (#8393579)

So what? Those are completely different situations. One is a human doing intentional harm to a bunch of innocent creatures. The other is mother nature vs. mankind. One tugs at the heartstrings, fills us with protective emotions for the poor doggies. The other is just another natural disaster. "Thank goodness it didn't happen to me", we think. I don't find this surprising or depressing.

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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by balfirevic on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @09:51AM (#8394264)

> I don't find this surprising or depressing.

What? It might not be surprising, but how is it not depressing?

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Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US by __david__ on Thursday October 02, 2014 @07:00PM (#8403575)

I don't see it as depressing or heartening—it's just the way we humans tend to react to things. Why do you find it depressing?

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