Kentucky teacher resigns because she was once on the same continent as Ebola

Thanks, Republicans and traditional media for making Ebola panic a thing in the United States. Here's just how helpful and productive that has been.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov 3 (Reuters) - A teacher at a Louisville, Kentucky, Catholic school has resigned rather than take paid leave after parents raised concerns about her trip to Kenya, half a continent away from the Ebola epidemic in western Africa, WDRB Channel 41 TV reported.

Susan Sherman, a religious education teacher who is also a registered nurse, was recently on a mission in Kenya in eastern Africa. When she returned, St. Margaret Mary school requested she take a precautionary 21-day leave and produce a health note from her doctor, according to a statement from the Archdiocese of Louisville.

Rather than take the leave, Sherman resigned. Perhaps that's because she fully realized just how poorly educated her school's officials are. Because Kenya is on the opposite side of the continent of Africa from where the Ebola is. So, for the Louisville, Kentucky school—and everybody else who might need the reminder, consider the above tweet a helpful geography lesson.