Ebola and Quarantine

Open Email to Sen. Cruz,

Dear Sen. Cruz,
Thank you for your form letter concerning the Ebola virus and the Obama administration's handling of the previous incipient pandemic in the US and epidemic in West Africa.
Fortunately, the threat appears to have subsided. It may be that the subsiding was caused by appropriate action by the Obama Administration, but I believe it was more a matter of luck.
The spread of such diseases is basically controlled by a technical knowledge of the organisms lifecycle and reproduction. Such information is obtained by investigative processes, which are the responsibility of the Center for Disease Control (CDC). With this information, control is actually accomplished by quarantine procedures, which have been known for a great many years, but for some unknown reason seems to have fallen into disuse. It needs to be revived.
The CDC has previously admitted that it knew little about the Ebola virus. Perhaps that is changed, if they have been studying it for some months. However,  I believe you as a Senator,  need to have one of your subcommittees investigate CDC activity on this point, and if the CDC is found lacking, Congress should see that the appropriate investigative techniques are developed.
With respect to quarantine procedures, we now have an outbreak of measles, which can be appropriately handled by quarantine procedures. However, there seems to be a a reaction from some sources that mandatory vaccination would be an infringement of human rights. That's ridiculous. Human rights are only appropriately used when they do not negatively affect the rights of others. No person has the right to subject another innocent victim to measles or other similar disease, because he opposes vaccination for himself.