Fear of healthcare might actually not be a bad way to reduce the risk of getting ebola as the easiest way to get it is as a result of poor hospital procedure.

Fear of healthcare might actually not be a bad way to reduce the risk of getting ebola as the easiest way to get it is as a result of poor hospital procedure. Here is a snippet from a moving article about a young microbiologist who investigated the first Ebola outbreak. " It quickly became clear that something was wrong at the hospital. Epidemiological detective work by our team confirmed the suspicions: people were being infected at the hospital through injections made using contaminated needles and syringes (only five syringes and needles were issued to the nurses each morning), and hospital staff and attendees at funerals were falling victim through exposure to body fluids infected with the virus. In addition there seemed to be transmission from mothers to babies. " The full article is a moving and rewarding read: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4c1711c2-d004-11e3-a2b7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz36XHDkoYz http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4c1711c2-d004-11e3-a2b7-00144... As a tragic aside, it is the same poor hospital procedure that gave so many Africans AIDS back in the day. Sexual transmission is now the main vector, but it wasn't always the case.