This right here is what ALOT of

[Texasgal]

people believe about EBOLA. This is how fast a social network rumor get's started... faster than transmission of Ebola eh?

CORSICANA (October 14, 2014) Navarro County officials Tuesday emphatically rejected as false a posting on the National Report website that said the small town of Purdon was quarantined because a family of five tested positive for the Ebola virus after the father began to exhibit symptoms following a business trip to Dallas.

The Corsicana Daily Sun reported that local emergency management officials, the Corsicana-Navarro County Public Health District and county officials all say there’s no truth to the claim that federal officials closed down the town of about 130 residents.

"A release today on at least one website, National Report, stated that “The small town of Purdon, Texas has been quarantined after a family of five tested positive for the Ebola virus. This report is entirely false,” Navarro County Judge H.M. Davenport said in a statement.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Officials-Report-That-Area-Town-Is-Under-Ebola-Quarantine-Is-False-279189241.html


JAYSUS F'ING CHRIST!

[shenmue]

1. It's as if the Martians landed in New Jersey again

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. National Report is a satire site...

Very dry satire. The mouth breathers fall for it and propagate it all over facespace and twitter.

[Texasgal]

3. I had no idea that it was

I certainly knew no town had been closed down though. For anyone that shared this info they are beyond stupid!

[hootinholler]

4. THat's right they didn't quarantine the town they...

Took everyone to FEMA camp!

[TorchTheWitch]

5. you can't fight stupid

Anyone getting their news from social networking is too stupid for words.

The far larger problem is talk radio where people actually get paid to spew forth whatever craziness they like, and because they're paid and given air time a far too large segment of the population believes whatever insanity falls out of their mouths.