Right, they will volunteer for ANYTHING. Can't do informed consent in those cases. Can't test ethically. Doesn't mean don't do it, just don't pretend you're doing it ethically.

And testing a vaccine in Maryland, really, will only test for side-effects of the vaccine, which while a good thing to know is hardly the critical aspect.

And we have a grip, GregF, nobody is saying other diseases aren't bad, but this thread is about ebola breaking out. And again, who cares how many *americans* something like this kills, it's about Sierra Leoneans, Guineans and Liberians.

Malaria is treatable.
The flu is treatable.
Measles are treatable.
Ebola is not.