Not really sure why people keep repeating this.

If it were "easily containable compared to other infections", the doctors and nurses who treat the patients wouldn't have to wear full biohazard gear or use isolation wards. They'd simply pop on some gloves and a mask.

This strain of Ebola isn't airborne, but it's plenty virulent -- it spreads through contact with nearly every bodily fluid. Get some on your hands and touch your face (which we all do, hundreds of times a day), and you're in trouble.