Observation and quarantine will they work?

The news stories jump around now like fleas hoping over carpet. As an American I knew some day in my lifetime we would face possible microbiological threats. And like you I am scared. Not from the news but from other people who are unwilling to participate in following protocols and unwilling to stay in quarantine. Videos depicting Liberian workers forcing a sick man to return to the sick zone. But he was running away, he doesn't want to die. I understand how he feels. When the needle was embedded into my finger at a hospital,I was a lower line employee who took out the trash. "The nurses who worked there just made a mistake", the Director of nursing told me."It happens", she said emphatically. I was mortified. No matter what age we are when we are challenged with death we all balk. No one really wants to die. We can become desperate believing we can not go on and many commit suicide. Alone and scared we scramble to figure out what to do. But in the end we all must eventually rely on someone else to get us where we need to be. Especially when medical issues arise. That is what makes getting sick a trillion dollar industry in America. But today the news talked about observing a few hundred people. And I was concerned they are not all under quarantine. This lackadaisical idea of observation without quarantine is bull---. What are we watching for? Temps, nausea, vomiting. What is it that we are supposed to do with the sick ones? Wash their butts from fecal matter and urine and watch them die? I have worked in hospice. And worked with HIV, Hep C patients. Some were very considerate about others, some were down right nasty. When this newest killer disease takes hold who will be there for all the dying? The military. Our leaders? Their families? Who? And can I just observe and watch them until they die? What kind of nursing note would we write? Patient A had temp 103 now shaking vomiting sweating like a monsoon storm. The Doctor order's Tylenol unable to give it rectally massive amounts of blood and fecal matter coming out. Unable to start IV due to severe dehydration? We can't possibly make those who are sick better or more comfortable. So we will continue observing hundreds and use quarantine only for the ones we think need it? Is this how we think we will stop Ebola with observation and quarantine?