IMF calls for 'real' action to counter Ebola outbreak, warns of 'significant risks' to global economy

From ABC.net.au we hear the IMF is afraid the Ebola epidemic may ruin the world economy. Meanwhile in a different item I read the Israeli defense minister refused to send help to Africa.  

Speaking after the first Ebola case emerged in Texas, managing director Christine Lagarde called for "real" action to counter the Ebola crisis and said that talk alone was not enough.

"If it is not contained, if all the players that talk about it don't actually do something about it to try to stop it, contain it and help those three countries deal with it, it might develop into something that would be a very serious concern and could cause significant risks," Ms Lagarde told students at Georgetown University in Washington.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/imf-warn-ebola-outbreak-is-a-severe-risk-for-econonmy/5788034

From the tikum olam website

http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2014/10/03/israeli-defense-minister-refuses-u-s-request-for-african-humanitarian-aid-in-ebola-fight/

Israeli Defense Minister Refuses U.S. Request for Field Hospital to Aid Ebola Fight

by RICHARD SILVERSTEIN on OCTOBER 3, 2014 

Yaalon said it would risk infecting Israeli medical teams and the army troops that would secure them, according to Ynet. Israel’s assistance was sought in Liberia and Sierra Leone.