I don't get it either (meaning, I'm not sure), but here's what I think:
The attack rate among doctors and nurses is HIGHER than in the general population. This is an important clue that needs to be explained.
Doctors and nurses wear PPE. The general population doesn't.
The PPE gets contaminated during routine care. When they take it off, they're getting a few virions on their skin.
The ID50 is TINY.
So, even though touch is the way most people in Africa get it, HCWs PPE is collecting the virus and making touch exposure more dangerous. I wonder if increased skin temp under the PPE has something to do with it? Lots of viruses are highly temperature adapted, for example, flu loves 34 degrees instead of 37, which makes the tip of your nose just perfect.
All that is speculation. What is reality is that the dominant paradigm in the industry just got blown up and we are moving into a phase of real, serious crisis, which will be accelerated by the flooding of our borders with refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, most of whom are incubating disease (not sick yet), and who will therefore sail through the screening.
Another question would be are the majority of ones getting sick are foreigners or native African healthcare workers. It’s been speculated that West Africans may have some immunities built up or they have a gene mutation.
What is reality is that the dominant paradigm in the industry just got blown up and we are moving into a phase of real, serious crisis, which will be accelerated by the flooding of our borders with refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, most of whom are incubating disease (not sick yet), and who will therefore sail through the screening.
So obvious and yet nothing is done. What can we do? Republicans call for stopping the flights, all Americans want them stopped. Do we need to march? What?