Computer modelers vs. ebola

Here???s what we know for sure. On the afternoon of Friday, 3 October 2014, Pyrros A. Telionis got a telephone call from the U.S. government???s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). He was sitting in a featureless cubicle in Blacksburg, Va., that would have made the cartoon office drudge Dilbert feel right at home. The voice on the phone was brisk and professional. And highly specific. Could Telionis provide, by 8 o???clock Monday morning, a list of the best places to build Ebola treatment centers in Liberia???s six southernmost counties?