On the right the view is generally that the West has no duty to aid with African Ebola, and though the majority seem to agree it needs to be done for the general safety - meaning our own safety as much as anyone's - there is a minority that seems to doubt that.
Ann Coulter, for example, might not be quite on board.
On the left the occasion is being seized as a "teachable moment," a propaganda opportunity of the first water for subtle and not so subtle inculcation of the lesson that the West is duty bound to do whatever necessary to stop Ebola, and in general to attend to the health care needs of Africa.
Sometimes this involves the race card and sometimes it's pretty plain and heavy guilt-tripping, but not always.
Kofi Annan
No impact from pledges of help, MSF says
It is remarkable how small are the amounts of money in play compared to the huge amounts right now being squandered by our American government in a totally unnecessary and useless air campaign against ISIS.
Too much of the US classe politique has not got the message.
ISIS is not that big a deal for the United States.
Ebola is big, and will get a lot bigger if the world doesn't step up.
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