I consider neither solution acceptable. The only acceptable solution would have been to have a cure for ebola by now.
I do not consider compassion with victims misguided.
I don't live with the delusion that there has to be an acceptable solution to every problem - there isn't even one for those 40000 people on that mountain in Kurdistan - but that doesn't mean we shouldn't acknowledge that it is a shitty solution and work towards getting an acceptable one.
When compassion as you define it means adding multiple orders of magnitude to the potential death toll of ebola, it's time to consider that the results of your compassion may be undesirable. They are victims of a horrible disease, yes. You have compassion, and this is laudable.
This does not make it ethically or morally acceptable to create more victims.
You are expecting a perfect solution. There isn't one. We must accept and live with the least bad solution.
I do not consider compassion with victims misguided.
I don't live with the delusion that there has to be an acceptable solution to every problem - there isn't even one for those 40000 people on that mountain in Kurdistan - but that doesn't mean we shouldn't acknowledge that it is a shitty solution and work towards getting an acceptable one.