I somewhat agree but this part concerns me in the article;
"Certainly going over there, they could indirectly get contact, but their primary mission is not to take care of patients," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday of the deploying troops on the ABC "This Week" program.
Dr. Richard Besser, the former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control, said that "we have a situation where only 20 percent of patients with Ebola are being treated in treatment units."
"So there are a lot of patients who have Ebola who are not in a protected environment," Besser said. "So the possibility of a soldier getting Ebola is very real and something we have to be ready for."
However, Gen. Dennis Via, head of the Army Materiel Command, said he is "confident that we'll be able to put them in a position to be safe."
I used to go to Liberia every 3-6 months for a yr for about 5 days each time. I short toured by going to flight school.
I doubt much has changed. The airport was about 1hr(or less) from Monrovia and the CG Omega Station (run by Liberians) was about 1hr(or less) drive. These 2 roads crossed a little outside of Monrovia. Monrovia is liken to Haiti-spotty electricity and water. These were the 2 and only main roads when i was there.
We would get our water from a well at the OMSTA with canteens and bring peanut butter to eat. Everyone there had Malaria-100 + degrees and people shakin with wool blankets. You eat your pills but they said that it's not 100% and you get a host of shots before you go-some in series.
Just past the crossroads was what they called up-country(jungle). Most of the terrain prior to the jungle is high grass with pines esp towards the airport.
Everything is/ or was tribal-there were 3 distinct tribes-don't remember their names but they were always warring against each other. I had an uzi and ak held at my head during a check point at the crossroads. The military green uniform guys were shaking every vehicle down. I thought they were stoned out of their mind.
The Americal-Liberians who are the repatriated descendants did not mess well with the other tribes.
Coupes and attempted coupes (President Doe at the time) and killing happened all the time. You could hear about it on the car radio and was reported in a matter of fact way(strange). The rituals i will not mention here.
The hospital there is JFK-the Liberians called it Just Freshly Killed.
With the amount of people there, I wonder where they are going to set up those camps.
How are they going to stop masses of people to walk right up to our troops?
Now this was back 1984/85 but from what I have seen it still looks the same. I can tell a whole bunch of other stories but who cares.
Perhaps some else has an experience there that they can tell or update.
A lot more prayers and hope for safety need to go out.