This is a great semi formal interview with a local infectious disease specialist I heard on montana public radio yesterday that gives a rather unique view:
As he explains, Montana has one of the few labs in the country (actually in the small town I live in) where you can work on live ebola cultures so we have medical people trained to deal with ebola etc and some also have been spending time in africa.
And I bet Rocky Mountain Labs is the only such facility to include a log cabin on the grounds ;)
Actually the history of RML is pretty cool. It was founded in a tent in the early 1900s to study Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and early researchers included the founder of the frozen foods industry (Clarence Birdseye).
http://mtpr.org/post/missoula-doctor-ebola-front-lines
As he explains, Montana has one of the few labs in the country (actually in the small town I live in) where you can work on live ebola cultures so we have medical people trained to deal with ebola etc and some also have been spending time in africa.