US media are trying to exploit Ebola by spreading panic about anyone who might have come anywhere near it.

This is having political results already from politicians that want to look tough.

Americans interested in helping to treat sick people in Africa will now either (1) return home through some other place or (2) decide not to go.

These people should take precautions, but it isn't necessary to lock them up, costing them their jobs and perhaps making them homeless afterward.