[pieceofthepuzzle]

“The hair and neck are NOT covered in the illustration there.
That is live right now on the CDC’s own website.
They are blaming the nurse and the hospital??”

Exactly.
This is taken from the Public Health Agency of Canada website (http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php):

“INFECTIOUS DOSE: Viral hemorrhagic fevers have an infectious dose of 1 - 10 organisms by aerosol in non-human primates.”

Way too much is not known about this virus to be approaching it like you would any other standard infectious agent.

[Fury]

If a patient is on a ventilator and there is any sunctioning, that would seem to be a perfect time for fluids with EVD present to become more mobile. Why wouldn’t you want skin and hair covered? Another Freeper mentioned this - Jim Noble, I think.