I don't know about you, but I am aghast (and worried) at the ineptitude and total lack of preparedness of federal and state governments, agencies, hospitals, airlines, airports, and generally everyone who has responsibility for protecting the public from an outbreak of a contagious disease.

A couple of months ago this was an Africa issue. It's now arrived in the United States, and from what we read and hear every ten minutes on CNN, public safety has been compromised, and this nasty virus may wreak havoc if we don't get our act together.

Of course we all worry about exposure on the airplane and in the airport, but what around the water cooler at work? Think about it, the office environment is not too far off the conditions we find on an airplane. Office buildings in every major city must have regular fire and emergency drills. But what about an Ebola drill? Last time I checked, I've never heard of any building management organization—or employer for that matter—who has instituted a plan to deal with the prevention and outbreak of communicable diseases to prepare and protect their tenants and employees.