Agreed, sending 3000 US personnel to the area is a risky but ultimately a wise move. Some other countries have also sent people (China and the UK IIRC) but in far smaller numbers. I'm very disappointed by the limp EU response - although they've pledged E180m they're only now meeting to coordinate logistics and containment strategies, which seems really irresponsible, notwithstanding the existence of other problems like military conflict in Ukraine and the ME.
exactly. Given that ships regularly cross the mediterranean loaded to the gunwhales with passengers (or overloaded - two ships sank a few days back and about 700 people drowned, sadly), there is a lot of potential for an outbreak to impact Europe. It would probably be containable, but at great expense and would have a terrible impact upon existing immigrant communities regardless of actual infection risk.
Hell, if you listened to some people in the US you'd think the US-Mexican border was one giant hot zone. I shudder to think what would happen if Ebola turned up in France or someplace.
