A couple of months ago the cry was to leave the soldiers and missionaries in Africa to the medical care available at the time there, because Ebola patients at Emory or one of the four super centers,was going to kill us all.
Africa treatment at the time.
I read that they gave a dose of ZMapp to Dr. Brantly while he was still in Liberia and in a steep dive, medically. It pulled him out in the space of an hour. By the next morning he was well enough to take a shower by himself and board N173PA to Atlanta. He was ambulatory (and wearing a space suit) when he entered the hospital at Emory.
IOW, the expensive and dramatic plane ride was probably not necessary.
The focus should be on making enough ZMapp, developing a vaccine, perfecting quick tests, and helping the West Africans to get their public health act in order.