IS EBOLA COMING TO AMERICA

   If the United States doesn't come together and fight this Ebola crisis,  I fear it can turn into an epidemic.  Even though the U.S. is steering into the face of a killer,  the liberals and conservatives can't come together and come up with a bi-partisan solution.  It seems like every major issue that arises in this country,  that there needs to be two sides.  And the two sides(republican and democrat) always have a political agenda.  The Ebola virus is a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with ine of the Ebola strains.  The virus causes fearsome symptoms which include: high fever, headaches, joint and muscle aches, sore throats, weakness, stomach pains, and loss of appetite.  As the disease gets worse it causes massive internal bleeding, as well as bleeding from the eyes, nose, and ears.  Some even vomit and cough up blood and have bloody diarrhea.  Symptoms may appear from 2-21 days after exposure.  According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) the Ebola outbreak started back in December of 2013 in Guinea, West Africa.  Researchers report a 2 years old boy was the first case.  Since then the virus spread throughout West Africa.  There have been over 7,000 cases and more than 3,400 deaths reported.  So far theres been 3 cases and 1 death reported in America.  Clearly this disease is a serious situation.
          Instead of trying to get this under control, both parties are exploiting Ebola to win the upcoming elections.  Republicans are bashing Obama for having no realistic strategy for stopping the crisis.  They are blaming the Obama administration for the CDC's spending funds on exercise(jazzercise), healthy diets, urban gardening, and massage therapy.  Some republicans believe Obama isn't doing enough to keep the United States' borders safe.  They want a no fly zone immediately put into effect and a ban on any West Africans from entering the country from any infected regions(Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea).  Democrats are trying to gain political power by claiming Republican--driven spending cuts have hurt the nations ability to fight the Ebola virus.  They argue that republicans voted to cut  the CDC's budget to fight and develop a vaccine for Ebola by over 300 million dollars in the past few years.  While blaming Obama, the republicans move backfired and opened up the GOP to the media and public scrutiny that they systematically whittled away vital funding for dozens of health programs since 2010.
          It's pretty obvious that using Ebola to get votes or at least take votes away from the other party is a viable strategy.  Both the liberals and conservatives are testing Ebola's political power.  Americans are paying attention and the politicians know it.  The only way we are going to avoid the same problems West Africa is having is to come together as bi-partisans. Both the democrats and republicans have to work as one, instead of two.  Everyone needs to put political agendas aside and focus on stopping Ebola.  Republicans and democrats came together to fight AIDS/HIV and the 9/11 tragedy.  If anything those two examples show that when this country is in trouble, a bi-partisan is the way to go.