Would you take a chance standing next to an Ebola patient without any kind of protective barrier? I didn’t think so. The Dr and the woman were wearing protective materials in Africa and still contracted the disease. They never said how this is possible if this is a blood and body fluid only disease. How did they catch Ebola?
They also didn't specify much else. Was the equipment used or otherwise compromised from poor storage or lack of maintenance? Was the equipment touched after it was removed or was it thoroughly washed down and scrubbed prior to removal? When the patients were exposed, were they handling the protective equipment with unprotected hands or did they have any exposed sores, cuts, lesions, etc.?
This story is being bandied about as being the terrible truth, when in reality, it's terribly documented and leaves a lot of questions unanswered. No PPE is fully protective, but there's something we don't know or understand in this story.
In Africa they are working under horrible conditions with African staff, their protective gear is washed and reused and gets threadbare and torn, they dry it on sticks over bare dirt, tents are used, sometimes they operate without running water or electricity, it isn’t like here.