[DannyTN]

"The most humane policy would be to let the population die back to a level that can be supported by the local agriculture and food resources."

That policy is neither humane nor in our best interest. Letting the disease grow unchecked increases the likelihood that it will spread to here. And it increases the likelihood that it will mutate into ever more infectious forms.

Better to put in quarantines and offer relief efforts to keep it contained.

[Iron Munro]

Better to put in quarantines and offer relief efforts to keep it contained.

Sure - quarantine is the best option.

But it will never happen.

Political correctness is still paramount.

[palmer]

Quarantines don't really work with ebola. The most important thing is to isolate the sick and especially the dead. That is a relatively small number of people in any group. Without that it spreads by sewage, by dogs, bats, rats, etc. The next step is obvious, it escapes the quarantine.

The best thing to do is hire lots of locals, wrap them in space suits and comb the cities and countryside for the virus.