Finally, the west is acting on Ebola. What took us so long? | Simon Jenkins

We are rushing to drop bombs on Iraq while we have dithered about sending drugs to Africa

The language is familiar. A potential threat of a human catastrophe unparalleled in modern times. More than 2,500 have died, and the same number are dying. Incidence of the disease is said to be doubling, even trebling, in some parts of Africa by the month. Hundreds of thousands now face death. Barack Obama declares a menace spiralling out of control, getting worse with profound economic, political and se...