I am sure that we are all aware Ebola has spread to Dallas because the patient who had it died. Thanks to social media like Twitter, rumors have spread, leaving a trail of tweets about it.

100 new tweets.

119 new tweets.

“Oh no there’s Ebola we’re all going to die!”

210 new tweets.

“‘Patrick what am I?’ ‘Ebola.’”

314 new tweets.

So many are misinformed. “Oh my gosh- people who died from Ebola are turning into zombies.” It’s just annoying.

Not only that, but the amount of jokes about it is disgusting, like #ReplaceaMovieTitleWithEbola. What’s worse is that people mock it by asking a person if they have Ebola even though they obviously don’t. Did you cough? Oh, you must have Ebola.

On the other hand, there are people who are causing chaos, such as the rumor spread around the high school that a person in Allen had Ebola. Ebola is not going to be the end of the world, but causing chaos like that could be potentially disastrous. Not to mention that Ebola isn’t as infectious as everyone makes it out to be. It can only be spread through direct contact with an infected person’s bodily fluids. How often do you go up to a person and come in contact with their blood.

There are plenty of other things that are just as deadly: cancer, heart disease, AIDS, but nobody freaks out about any of those. Yet the moment that Ebola arrives in the United States, everyone’s buying hand sanitizer. Before people share food they ask each other if they have Ebola.

By now, I’m fairly sure anyone who has been on Twitter or even in the United States for the last three weeks is aware of what Ebola is. It’s an issue, not a source of entertainment.