We discussed this over lunch. Ebola's one of the (fortunately) few diseases that have a quick, negative outcome. So, faced with "death in hours or days", risk

We discussed this over lunch. Ebola's one of the (fortunately) few diseases that have a quick, negative outcome. So, faced with "death in hours or days", risk management is altered. So, taking something that might not work (die quick), kill you (die quick) or give you more than hours or days to live seems like a good gamble. Or at least not a bad one.