armchair air marshals

In case you didn't hear, Ebola is here. That's right, the famous disease that is killing off West Africa is now in America, ready to wreck havoc on our unsuspecting populous. It's probably, in the eyes of some on the far right, God's wrath for accepting same-sex marriage.

Guys, it's Obama's fault, c'mon.

Of course, the armchair foreign policy planners of Facebook and the internet have already cried conspiracy, and are readying for the worst (I haven't even bothered to venture onto Alex Jones' website yet).

There will always be stupid people; that's inevitable. They've always been there, the internet just brings them out easier. However, I think I underestimated how stupid some people are on the world.
Take the common argument of, "ban all flights from Africa!". First off, 1) no, it doesn't work like that, and 2) most already are, especially from poverty-stricken Liberia. The country doesn't even have a national airlines, and if it did, it certainly would be banned from US airspace, just like a majority of countries in the region. 
This means that if the "ban" was put in place, it wouldn't have affected anything, because "it is clear that he would have to make at least two transfers -- including one in at least one other country" (ABC News).

Another question that seems to stem from the anti-vaxxer club is, "if it's not dangerous, why is it killing everyone in Africa?". Really, now, for all the stereotypes of Africa floating around, I thought this one would be easy. Liberia and much of West Africa is poor. Liberia averages one doctor and 27 nurses per 100,000 people (WHO). The US has many more, and we are far more advanced (paying for healthcare is obviously still up for debate).

I usually don't like to give the nutjobs the limelight, but this round just annoyed me...

Jacob