And the Prize for Ebola Fearmongering Goes to Lousiana

Caldwell, whose decision was quickly supported by GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal*, didn’t offer any details on how burying the incinerated materials would affect the people of his state. It’s hard to see any risk—Ebola is transmitted only through bodily fluids, and Chemical Waste Management Inc., which operates the storage facility, sees no problem.** And it’s not as if the ashes are going particularly far, anyway—Lake Charles is just a quick jaunt over I-10 from Port Arthur, Texas, where Duncan’s belongings were burned.

* Striving for today’s anti-science GOP prize
**Possibly because they incinerated the contaminated material at 2100 degrees F.