Well, this is distressing.

[conuly]

Doctors Without Borders physician in NYC tests positive for Ebola

I saw that on the news while waiting for the boat. I was so happy the girls weren't paying any attention. They already panicked when that poor man in Dallas died. I had to show them the map to emphasize how very far away from NYC Texas is just to calm them down. (Homeschool geography, check!)

We usually watch CNN Student News every day, but we just might skip a day tomorrow.

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[eofs.livejournal.com]

Perhaps an opportunity for some homeschool biology to explain how it's transmitted, incubation periods, contagious periods etc. (And some homeschool humanities looking at the differences between West Africa and the USA, Europe etc where aid workers have come home with Ebola but there have been no mass outbreaks, and why that might be.)

Former colleague of mine's just come back from Liberia where he filmed a report on the outbreak. He'll apparently not be back at work until he's out of the danger zone.

[conuly]

I may do that.