Nigeria-based writer trolls 'measles-ravaged country America' on Twitter

Tom Boggioni
01 Feb 2015 at 19:10 ET                  
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A  writer living in Nigeria turned the tables on American's overreaction and fear that travelers from African nations might bring Ebola into the United States, expressing his concern for "the measles-ravaged country America" on Twitter.
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Elnathan John, a writer and lawyer living in Abuja, Nigeria, wrote: "Our thoughts are also with the measles-ravaged country America. I hope we are screening them before they come to Africa."
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Concerns about citizens of African nations  bringing Ebola to America reached epidemic proportions of its own last year, with members of the public signing a Whitehouse.gov petition stating, "The Ebola virus has reached unprecedented epidemic proportions in West Africa. The citizens of the U.S. are scared. We do not want any more Ebola-infected individuals bringing the epidemic to our shores."
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Fox News coverage of the Ebola epidemic was considered so over-the-top that a PBS science writer chided the network's coverage for its "ignorance."
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"It borders on irresponsibility when people get on television and start talking that way when they should know better," Miles O'Brien of PBS explained. "They should do their homework and they should report in a responsible manner."
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