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    The Dismissed EPA Advisers Had Nothing to Do With Regulation

    "It’s a very apolitical board—we never discussed politics."
    by Robinson Meyer May 09, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

    Less than three years ago, the threat of an Ebola pandemic caused millions of Americans to fear for their lives.

    As more than 11,000 people died of the virus in some of the poorest countries in the world—Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone—people in the United States panicked about a pandemic at home. Chris Christie ordered the forcible quarantine of any doctors or nurses returning from one of the three affected countries. This wasn’t enough, said Bill O’Reilly, who called for the cancellation of all flights from West Africa.

    By one count, about the virus ran on TV in the weeks before the midterm election. A majority of Americans reported about an outbreak of Ebola in this country, something which many medical experts said was unlikely. “What’s that? You don’t want people to panic. You don’t want us to panic? How about I don’t want us to die,” said Jeanine

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