Steve said:
I am reluctant to believe he has ebola..
in fact I doubt he thought he had it either.. or he wouldn't have left his home..
but if he does,.. then this is a huge problem..
I doubt he has it either Steve, but I think you see where I'm going with this. When it comes to the health of themselves and their families, people go bonkers.
Years ago I employed a British citizen who had lived for several years in Egypt before joining the company. He worked at my place for several months as a technican and was living at a nearby apartment. When he didn't show up for work one day, and didn't answer his phone, my secretary visited his place expecting to find him in bed ill.
She found him dead on the couch.
I was out of the country at the time. She and the apartment manager called the police who sent officers, the coroner, and an ambulance. The coroner ordered an autopsy to determine cause of death. I'd say the guy was about 50 or so.
I don't even recall the cause of death but one thing the coroner found was that the guy had been exposed to tuberculosis (as have virutally 100% of everyone else who lives in a third world country). All hell broke loose at my place with employees running around screaming that they'd been exposed to the disease.
The only way I could calm down the entire mess was to pay to have a medical team come in a test everyone. No tuberculosis was found, but it was a costly clusterfark in more ways than one.