When it comes to political attacks just before an election, nothing is off-limits. Including, apparently, a deadly disease.

A Washington Post-ABC News poll this week found that nearly two-thirds of Americans are at least somewhat concerned about a widespread Ebola epidemic in the U.S. -- and politicians from both sides of the aisle are fueling the fire.

In web ads, Democrats have suggested GOP budget cuts as damaging to the Ebola response. While it’s true that the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health spending has been cut over the years, the Democratic line of attack that “Republican cuts kill” received the Four-Pinocchio treatment from Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler.

Republicans, meanwhile, are quick to cite border security and suggest the Obama administration cannot control the virus. Americans have mixed feelings on the president’s handling of Ebola, according to the Washington Post-ABC News poll: 41 percent approve of how Obama’s handling the government’s response, but fully 16 percent have no opinion.

The folks at the PostTV politics team looked into the Ebola political blame game. Check it out here.