Why would anyone panic over a very ill person

[Nuclear Unicorn]

16. It is a nasty virus and the symptoms are -- for lack of a better word -- spectacular.

It's a disease worth being afraid of. I know I'd feel better if it wasn't being shipped around the globe and into the US. Some stories are now telling us there may be an airborne strain. Is it worth death threat? Absolutely not.

I think we can blame history and Hollywood in equal measure. Diseases do spread with transit. Hollywood has convinced us in every zombie and alien spawn movie that the "thing" cannot be contained despite the best efforts of the greatest minds.

Don't forget there were recently stories of a vial of smallpox being found in the closet of a lab after several decades. It wasn't tracked. No one knew it was even missing. If this is our best then our best isn't good enough.

Now we have scientists recreating the Spanish flu.

My main concern is: Is there any therapy that cannot be affected remotely? If not I don't see the point in bringing such a virus here. What is the risk-benefit? If there is no benefit then, again, why transport the disease here?