The Libcrib Claims that Ebola Only Kills Black People

by Kim D.

Thomas Eric Duncan deserved early & better treatment. We should learn from this tragedy. May he rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/m7gZyhKBzv
— Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) October 9, 2014

Never let a good crisis go to waste - you never know if it will be ripe to throw the race card. This is a lesson Jesse Jackson learned well and demonstrated this week via his blog post in Huff Post Politics.

Duncan's case raises an ethical and moral question: Who gets treatment and why? The two American missionaries who contracted Ebola in West Africa were given access to an experimental drug cocktail called ZMapp. The drug has immune-boosting monoclonal antibodies that were extracted from mice exposed to Ebola DNA. This drug is not provided for the thousands of Africans who have the Ebola virus, including those who have died and might have been saved if given the experimental drug.Duncan is not being treated with the medication.

However a good dose of logic shreds Jackson's racism claim. Duncan did not receive ZMapp because no one purchased the drug for him. According to Celebrity NetWorth, Jackson has a cool $10M in assets. Why didn't he buy the drug for Duncan?

No media is asking why Jesse Jackson didn’t buy ebola drugs for Duncan the way Graham did for Brantley, Writebol http://t.co/xCvQhuXUZ6
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 9, 2014

According to Dana Loesch, 

It wasn't "privilege" that provided ZMapp to Brantley and Writebol, it was Franklin Graham, who paid for the missionaries's flights back to the US and for the drugs to treat their condition. Graham provided these drugs to Brantley and Writebol, why didn't Jackson do the same for Duncan? It isn't as though Jackson lacks the financial ability to do so. What "privilege" prevented Jackson from assisting Duncan? Why didn't he?