But, given all the threads about 'why didn't we do more sooner?' I found this an interesting read about what posters were saying six months ago
Really? You thought this was worth reviving, given all the other threads about Ebola?
About 10-15 years ago, DH told me to tell my mother not to pick up coins in the street because they might be covered in TB-infected spittle.
Spotting loose change, various notes up to £50 and once a mink scarf dropped in the gutter outside Harrods was her joy.
He's not generally spooked, but he'd read something about filthy foreigners and he cared about her.
It's true, lots of people do spit on the pavement, which is a revolting habit and to be discouraged.
Many of them are foreigners, though many are natives. TB is prevalent in built-up areas. All of which applied to us.
I didn't tell my mum because she'd have ignored me and thought DH was an idiot. She was born before antibiotics were discovered and had family and friends who died of TB. They died of many other things too.
She died a little while ago at 90, which is a great age, though when someone you love dies, it will always be too young 
.
She was lucky enough to have a peaceful death, which many people don't. She didn't want to go, though.
It might interest you to know that it was not from Ebola or TB or some other exotic imported disease from a dangerous minority like AIDs, but from complications of the surgery that successfully removed her cancer.
It was a gamble that she had to take and lost. If she'd have been 15-20 years younger she'd have probably won.
That's how people in the First World die. That's how everyone should die.
So I'm in two minds about your post. Either I should reassure you, or I should tell you to stop scaremongering. Only you can know.
PS When we clear her house I'm going to get that mink scarf because I was with her the day she found it and it'll be my pet. I think I'll be safe.