More mixed signals: Should we be worried about Ebola or not?

http://twitter.com/#!/RosieGray/status/497537920979718144

The State Department is reportedly ordering the departure of eligible U.S. citizens from Liberia due to the Ebola outbreak despite CDC assurances like this one:

http://twitter.com/#!/CustosDivini/status/497566376538947584
http://twitter.com/#!/ZekeJMiller/status/497537645552357376
http://twitter.com/#!/APDiploWriter/status/497544450026266625
http://twitter.com/#!/AwesomeCapital/status/497499858945593346

The U.S. is evacuating personnel, Liberia and Sierra Leone are putting up blockades and extreme  measures of containment are being taken for transporting the infected.

http://twitter.com/#!/WSJ/status/497550856980811776

All this, despite CDC assurances that Ebola is difficult to contract.

Jim Geraghty may be on to something.

http://twitter.com/#!/jparton1/status/496697761635794944

Remain cautious and skeptical.

Editor’s note: The capitalization of “Ebola” has been corrected in this post.

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