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I don't know how familiar you may be with rural hospitals in Africa (and for that matter some parts of Asia and South America), but most don't have any sophisti
by whyenot 12y ago
I don't know how familiar you may be with rural hospitals in Africa (and for that matter some parts of Asia and South America), but most don't have any sophisticated equipment like "space suits," many don't even have running water or facilities to isolate infectious patients.
Most of the health care worker deaths have been people working in rural hospitals who may not have known what they were dealing with or had adequate means to protect themselves. Ebola patients also produce a lot of bodily fluids as the disease progresses and the virus is a lot more transmissible than HIV.