[maxerickson]

A citizen of one of the countries where there is an outbreak would need a US visa to even get on the plane.

I was thinking about that the other day; taking the need for a visa into account, it's unlikely the deceased patient in Texas traveled to the U.S. in response to exposure.

[pasbesoin]

From the reporting I've read and heard, it's fairly conclusively known that he did not.

He helped a neighbor thought to be suffering complications from pregnancy -- she was in her 7th month -- getting a cab and perhaps also accompanying her to the hospital or care center; I don't recall the details on the latter part.

The general population will not be making a rush over, on airplanes. But a subset who is eligible and capable might.

Personally, from the reporting, it seems to me that the man in Texas was a good samaritan and deserving of whatever help the U.S. might be able to provide. I further consider the threatened prosecution (by Liberia, and now I read perhaps also by others) not only unkind but counter-productive -- in general, I gather, such actions force further underground and prompt people to hide potentially threatening symptoms and conditions.