I'm astonished at the callousness of some comments.
Also - surprised that some commenters see the military in such a narrow role.

Even if we wonderful whites didn't give a fig about the well-being of black Africans (and anyway, I think that we do care) - but even then, in the global village now, everyone's security is threatened if one nation is wrecked by a horrible epidemic.

As for sending troops - the military should not be seen in a narrow focus. Historically, the army has been called out to help in national disasters. Where else can you get a disciplined force of people available to be sent quickly to cope with practical and security problems in a national emergency?

What hasn't been trialed is chilled down hyberbaric oxygen compression treatment.
Most viruses die in an atmosphere rich in O2!
Nor do they handle chilled conditions.
Hyberbaric chambers, can be nearly as small as coffins; and easily transported in normal ambulances!
And effectively isolate the infected patient from the get go.
We chlorinate our water supplies to kill many troublesome pathogens, other nations still use oxygen, repeat OXYGEN, because it is MORE EFFECTIVE!
One can build transparent pressure chambers to resemble humidicribs, and use plastic piping to introduce liquid food and water/carry away urine and excrement!
Which can have liquid nitrogen bubble through it, to kill any remaining virus, before it is safely disposed of.
Comparatively poor nations can afford to build the fractional distillation plants needed to isolate/supply just a couple of gases!
And plastic pipes can pump up and release pressure, in air mattress, to ensure there are no pressure sores.
Anything the patient needs, (temperature/blood pressure/O2 level checks/normal nursing) can be arranged via the gloves/part of the isolation chambers design and inboard equipment.
This isolation, would enable families to stay in touch with and observe their family members!
Steam and bleach purging for a required minimum time, twice as long as really necessary, would enable these units to be used and reused as often as needed, to kill off any pathogen.
Most viruses live for just seconds, when deprived of a warm blooded host!
If we just "cured" half of the patients, using this very basic commonsense approach, we could conceivably cure many more, by giving infected patients, a blood transfusion with recovered compatible patients blood as well!
We could inoculate, but how do we isolate infected patients at a very local level, and in pristine sterile conditions.
When enough people have visibly recovered, using this simple but effective remedy, many villages will accept it and the underlying science.
Even health workers, could receive an occasional time out, in a sterile compression chamber; and have their own systems purged with compressed oxygen therapy!
Rhrosty.

ateday

Too much of everyone else, just enough of you I suppose?

Today another team of healthcare workers in West Africa were brutally murdered. Not exactly encouraging for other potential healthcare workers thinking about helping out.

Yes apparently that's the Africans' way of dealing with the Ebola problem: cut up health workers with a machete and dump them in a septic tank.