I'd say
the US broadcast media and online sources have shown restraint in the visual
aids they've used covering Ebola this past week. Avoiding the horribly
gory photos you can easily uncover on a Google search, in favor of health
workers in HazMat suits and maps of the affected African regions.
One
visual that's been ubiquitous is this one:
Sometimes
the caption just says "Ebola virus"
And other
times, as in the Daily News today , "Saudi Arabia is testing a man for suspected Ebola after he returned froma trip to Africa with a hemorrhagic fever."
On my way down in the elevator this morning to walk Tilly
I asked a neighbor what she thought the image was.
She wryly remarked above her steaming coffee - "some
poor sperm having trouble."
For decades the NSF's survey of public understanding of science shows that roughly 80% of the public has very low science literacy I would say your'e wasting precious
media real-estate with this one.
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