Well, that pegged my BS meter so hard it bent the needle.
Considering the number of health care workers in Africa has diminished significantly as a result of this outbreak, that these are people who know the disease and the risk, who see patients succumb to the virus, I would think there have been flaws in the recommended protocols--that is, unless you are in a Level 4 facility.
There are, iirc, 22 beds in such facilities in the country, that we know of. If these people aren't in one of those, they hopefully are in a off-the-books facility with that level of biosecurity.
Otherwise, someone is importing a plague.
BS is right. I have seen their isolation protocol first hand, and it wasn’t followed 100% for the antibiotic resistant disease.
I have not doubt that people who have been treating Ebola patients in past outbreaks, and those who have been working in level 4 labs know the protocol and don’t cut corners. That doesn’t mean that any Tom Dick and Mary at the local hospital will be able to do it.
Tired people and novices can make mistakes, and there are sufficient docs and medical people getting it, so that some determination needs to be made as to why this is happening.
Since the first symptoms resemble the flu, it’s entirely possible that a patient could come to the emergency room, and infect others before the diagnosis is made. Brantly indicated that he felt his exposure was not inside the isolation area, but elsewhere in the hospital as he reviewed ER patients for potential diagnosis.