Volunteers from the Red Cross deliver blankets and other supplies to a unit at the Ivy Apartments, where the confirmed Ebola virus patient was staying, on Thursday in Dallas, Texas. (Tom Pennington, Getty Images)
The Ebola outbreak is a national security issue, yet our leaders are ignoring it. If extremists can sacrifice their lives as a human bomb, certainly they can sacrifice their lives as carriers of the Ebola virus. Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration are more interested in my shoes and dead cellphone battery than they are about bio-terrorism. Officials have downplayed the seriousness of the Ebola case in Dallas, saying they had it under control, they knew how to handle the situation and “not to worry.” Well, I am worried.
Tom Bunge, Denver
This letter was published in the Oct. 4 edition.
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