Obama right to step up Ebola aid: #tellusatoday

President Obama is expanding assistance to fight Ebola in West Africa and sending 3,000 military personnel to the region. Comments from Twitter and Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

Ebola is a worldwide threat, including to the USA. This is a great role for the military, better than dropping bombs.

— @dug44

The president should be praised for being proactive rather than reactive in fighting this deadly epidemic.

— @JeffOstach

I don't think it is a great idea to expose thousands of military personnel to the Ebola virus.

— @frankdupuis140

Think about how much more money we would spend if we did nothing and Ebola made its way to the United States.

— @meverner

I'd say it's probably a lot cheaper to handle this situation now, over there, rather than waiting for it to cross over the ocean. Who else is going to stop it?

— Vince St John

Maybe sending more aid and military personnel is a good idea, but I'm a bit skeptical. I hope none of our people get sick or bring the virus back to the United States.

— Aaron Bowen

They probably won't be there to cure individuals who already have the virus, but to prevent its spread. It's like a forest fire: You don't try to save individual trees, but you focus on starving the fire.

The sad truth is that since there's no readily available cure, the plan will probably be to quarantine the people who already have it and manage their symptoms as much as possible, and stop further transmission with the hope that the outbreak burns itself out.

— Jeff Vallance

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