Friedan is just plain STUPID! I cannot believe what he told Megan.
These idiots are looking at ebola simply as a pathogen. They're not thinking of cleaning up bloody diarrhea or vomit all over the floor. They don't do that kind of thing.
When I recommended coating the PPE in grease and telling the workers to doff it as a training procedure, I wasn't kidding. The dirtiest stinkiest axle grease they can find. If it doesn't have the "ick factor" then it isn't training. The housekeepers should be able to do it with confidence and speed or they don't have a procedure.
I don't think Friedan is actually stupid, but he seems to have forgotten everything he learned after he graduated from Oberlin. It's difficult to believe that he's an ivy-trained infectious disease specialist with an MPH.
(Or maybe wishful thinking and Political Correctness trumps science today.)
Some skin exposed -- but masks, eye covering, double gloves, double gowns, scrubs, hair covering, and booties were formal infectious disease attire thirty years ago.
If it is correct that Ebola can remain infectious on surfaces for a period of time, reportedly between 5 and 23 days -- of course you'd want to cover everything!