Firestone Stopped Ebola in Its Tracks
Honestly what it really boils down to is resources and money ("resource" can also be described as "money" therefore really money and money).<p>Up until very recently there were simply not enough hazmat suits, not enough burn-able bedding, not enough people (who wants to work with Ebola?), not enough disinfectant, and heck even clean water in SOME areas.<p>Then you have to consider how damn hot it is there, so a $5 hazmat suit may not cut it (this article covers that). Now you're dealing with suits costing tens of times more than that for basic AC, just to allow the people in them to work longer shifts.<p>You also have a lot of local population pushback. The hazmat suits scare people, and all locals see is Ebola patients go into treatment and die. There is a lot of suspicion that Westerners are getting people sick to kill them, so they hide away family members until they get infectious.<p>What can be done? Money, and resources. It isn't a magic bullet but if you train a metric ton of local people and give them everything they could possibly need it would at least slow the spread if not reverse it entirely...<p>PS - This article is exactly WHY I am not legitimately concerned about a wide-spread infection in the Western world. We are simply too rich, we have or can acquire the resources, and even your average Joe Smith on the street can Google how to protect themselves from Ebola exposure.