And Charles P. Pierce puts it quite simply, as always:

And as long as there has been epidemic disease, and as long as there has been panic, there have been human beings who have the right combination of rancid ambition and foul cowardice who come into the government and seek advantage from the panic and, therefore, from the epidemic disease itself. There have always been human beings who are heroes in the face of epidemic disease. And there have always been slaves to their own worst instincts.

Kaci Hickox, meet Chris Christie.

Kaci Hickox, meet the inexcusable Andrew Cuomo.

Kaci Hickox, meet the know-nothing poltroons of the American conservative movement.

Kaci Hickox, meet the bland, desperate inmates of the mainstream media.

The Red State gang and the rest of them can’t help themselves. It’s like asking camels not to spit.

CNN can’t help itself because it already has fired up the logo and the doomy music. Sorry, Malaysian Airlines 370. You’re on your own now, wherever you are.

But Cuomo and Christie could help themselves…