Oh good grief. Civilians have handled many an epidemic and created the inoculation as well. Polio was one of many. The only thing stopping them now is Feral Federal Agencies like the FDA. A machine sits in Texas that can detect Ebola in humans. Guess who won't let it be used? RED TAPE KILLS. But government is the answer?
Oh good grief? We are going in because civilian volunteers couldn’t handle it, besides, just like we did in Haiti and other places.
This is baffling how you could have ignored the actual situation, we are going in because the limited resources of the civilians was totally inadequate.
There was no more civilian cavalry, they had used up their little bit they have.