Whilst I won't discount entiely the possibilty of an outbreak here, we're well set up to handle it. Nigeria managed t contain and eradicate an outbreak in a far more difficult environment than the UK would be. There is probably more useful stuff you can concern yourself with. Ebola's infection rates are very low, health workers are of course massively more at risk than the rest of us, and have taken a hideous toll in w africa as they don't have nearly as much of the protective equipmenty and ideal conditions for quarantine. Ebola has a couple of properties that mean it's not going to be *the one*. Firstly as discussed it's comparatively hard to catch, you need direct contact with fluids off a patient. It is quite hardy outside but not that hardy, it will die after a short space of time and in contact with disinfectant. Secondly It's not contagious until you're symptomatic, this makes it harder to go around infecting people, because you're ill, and much easier for quarantiine purposes obviously. When Platypus flu crosses species, that'll be the time to worry...or when antibiotic abuse in the the third world/US farming kills off its effectiveness once and for all, then it's time to panic!!!