We’ve suspected for a while now that CNN has a drunk intern in charge of its maps, graphics and chyrons, and today’s onscreen query trying to position Ebola as “the ISIS of biological agents” set off a national outbreak of facepalming.

@abbyc_ellis Or is Ebola the #MH17 of biological agents? More at seven. — Ali Gharib (@Ali_Gharib) October 6, 2014

.@abbyc_ellis Sources now say that Ebola brought that Malaysia Air plane down over the Indian Ocean. @jeremyscahill — Nicholas Mitchell (@puxxled) October 6, 2014

@abbyc_ellis @AndrewKirell How can we make that pic a think piece on Fox News? — EducatédHillbilly (@RobProvince) October 6, 2014

@abbyc_ellis Oh please. Ebola is not a terrorist organization. But CNN will do anything for clicks and eyeballs. — Gort (@DrugstorCowboy) October 6, 2014

@abbyc_ellis @bhutton48 Way to go CNN, is it sweeps week?? Or are their ratings in the toilet? — mmoriana (@maigreym) October 6, 2014

I am sure they are speculating about who created the virus as well. RT @abbyc_ellis: It's happening. pic.twitter.com/XgeoC4aORl” — whoisstan (@whoisstan) October 6, 2014

@abbyc_ellis I think it’s more like ISIS is the Ebola of terrorist groups — E-BrantOLA (@brant) October 6, 2014

.@abbyc_ellis @saladinahmed That is the dumbest sentence I've read in years. — BRAAAAAAINS Smawley (@Chef_Lu_Bu) October 6, 2014

@abbyc_ellis @Chez_Em was only a matter of time — Omar Baggili (@OmarBaggili) October 6, 2014

Hey buddy, keep those bodily fluids to yourself. What are you, ISIS?

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