Yes, there are far more dangerous microbes out there then the ebola virus in terms of mortality.
This is why I am not very concerned about it.
While it got out of control in West Africa, at some point it will have picked most of the low hanging fruit and will slow it’s advance.
In the US, the Dallas incident will be interesting to watch, to see how our systems cope with it.
It’s a very populated area of Texas, but if I am right, they will have it totally contained in a few days, with few if any transmitted infections and certainly none that are not on the surveillance and quarantine lists.
Having said that, I will be quite interested in the outcome.
Unfortunately for west Africa, this degree of control is not possible, thus they are low hanging fruit for the virus.
Some other western countries have already had this experience, and have faired just fine.
Once the patient called 911 he started infecting the fireman paramedics, possibly anyone who rode in the ambulance after him, all the firemen back at the station etc. what will they do when everyone in the EMS system is quarantined?