Current tsunamis in Asia, What should be done? Options

[comeupon]

With the current death toll and fear of outbreaking epidemic what should be done by the countries affected, mainly India, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives --less than a 100 reported deaths. At this point and time the rescue workers in some of the highly affected areas are not even stopping to identify or transport dead bodies but rather burning them on the spot. Many small islands have been burnt completely because of whole villages being killed off. Technically the affected countries cant close their borders yet because of the attempts by rescue personal to get some sick and injured people to safety. People however continually keep going to these ransacked places for vacations. Thailand and the Maldives being really the only 2 as they suffered the least amount of casualties. Some travel companies are refusing to return fares, mainly in Russia and some other parts of the former USSR. Should these travelers/tourists be let out of the country after they have arrived and spent a week there? If they are released from the country there could a spread of diseases like Cholera and Maleria, caused by the dead bodies laying on the beach for 3-4 days in temperatures of 90+ degrees. The bodies have become bloated and infected (pic). It probably would not become as big of a epidemic as the Black Plague, but a widespread of Cholera or Maleria could really hurt a lot of the big cities in Europe. Though if all travel in and out of these countries is brought to a halt the percentage of sick people could keep increasing and increasing. Just looking for some opinions on some international matters, and yes I know the picture is kind of gruesome but I feel the American media does a poor job covering this topic.

[sammi rules you]

1) we are helping. we don't HAVE to, but we are, and more than most other countries. we ARE giving a LOT of money. just because spain is giving more doesn't mean we need to give more just because we have more.
2) not every american family is rich. not all of us do have a lot of money. there are poor people here just as there are poor people in other countries. there are also rich people here, just as there are rich people in other countries. american families only take home more money than some other families in other countries because of the customs exchange. an american dollar is worth more than a lot of other types of money. however, that does NOT mean we have more money. we have to buy food and clothes and other things and they cost more than they do in other countries.
3) we are in a war. we're not going to be sending even half of our military equipment over to southeast asia. we need our military for US. our military will serve US before ANYONE ELSE. that's why it's OUR military. yes, humanitarianism is good, but OUR military will serve US first and i'm sure any other country would do the same. therefore, no, we should NOT use our military to help other countries until we finish what we need first.