Good old cost-cutters, not even the Ebola virus can deter them.

Wonderful little nugget in a NYT article this morning about the local company Bio-Recovery which has done the clean-up of Dr. Craig Spencer's apartment in Harlem, with the company's chief safety officer named Sal Pain:

In his line of work, Mr. Pain said, public officials are as often a
hindrance as they are a source of support. Bio-Recovery, which is based
on Long Island, had firsthand experience with such bureaucratic barriers
in Dallas a few weeks ago, when public officials offering them a
contract refused to pay for the most secure protective equipment, Mr.
Pain said.