It is not my intent to teach people proper PPE use on the forum. There are plenty of resources in which to find proper PPE information--the CDC, the WHO, plenty of other public health agencies--and use of PPE should be learned hands-on from a real person.
My intent is to teach people about the biology of this virus. It is not some supernatural monster--it is subject to the same rules of physics and biochemistry as any other virus. We know that it is transmitted through close and direct contact (*not* aerosols); we know that some bodily fluids are teeming with virus. Although it is true that information on fomite transmission is lacking, it has also always been the practice to assume anything that has been in contact with the patient is highly contaminated, and to act accordingly.
I am not cavalier about anything, but I am very matter-of-fact. Do not mistake my dispassion as being cavalier--it absolutely is not. My childhood hero was Mr. Spock, from Star Trek--that should tell you something about how I try to present myself.
Do you support a travel ban from West African nations?
Do you support imposing a quarantine on healthcare workers who have worked with Ebola patients?
sure does. Your hero is a fictional character and the advice you give may work inside a lab, I don’t know. But it isn’t worth much in a patient care environment. Its not so hard to say we just don’t know a lot of things about how Ebola behaves in the hospital health care environment, or in the wild in a modern highly mobile civilization.