[techdragon]

This is more than just a supply issue.

http://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/update...

  "One of the patients hospitalised at the HGR Boende had managed to escape before being recovered by the services deployed to the field."

That is why if this situation escalates we will need people with guns, both medical and security personal with full Biological Warfare training and equipment. We are staring at a disease where scared infected people, are trying to ESCAPE and become extremely dangerous disease vectors, risking the spread of the disease to anywhere from dozens to hundreds, to thousands. When that is what is going on, I don't think the word we should use is "invasion", its something other than that. Best I've got to describe it, is a martial law quarantine, enforced by UN armed forces and medical personnel provided by the nations who have the capable personnel and equipment.

[joe_the_user]

Uh, that's exactly the supply issue. I have read a number of reports of that incident.

The guy escape because he was starving - he went immediately to the market to buy food. If he had food in the isolation ward, that wouldn't have happened (or would be a good deal less likely).

And uh, the idea of shooting people infected with Ebola shouldn't be first or second resort considering you would be straying their infected blood over a significant area. Not to mention guaranteeing no else would want to be treated, etc.

[techdragon]

Yes, the man was starving, but thats also another thing the military forces are good at, supply chains. Also, the idea of having armed security forces, is less about shooting people with regular ebola, I do try to point out in my other comment that I'm in favour of armed forces when talking about a hypothetical airborne ebola strain.