“It’s not spread thru the air...it’s touching body fluids...which includes sweat.”
Then why are health care workers wearing face masks?
How is it that even with face masks, gloves, boots and full body cover over 50 health care workers have died?
Psst.... mucous is a body fluid and is aerosolized by sneezing. It only takes 2 - 6 virus organisms to infect a person. The virus can live outside a host for 60 hrs.
This strain has repeatedly jumped containment and will continue to do so because the vectors are not yet fully known or understood.
Ebola is not spread through the air the way that influenza spreads. However, bodily fluids can become aerosolized through handling—for instance, pulling bloody sheets off a bed can cause tiny infected droplets to spread through the air. The force of vomit hitting a surface can cause tiny droplets to form.
They wear the protective gear to protect against transmission through droplets and direct contact.
The health care workers who became ill may not have been wearing proper PPE. Not all of them do, judging by the pictures.