[Lazamataz]

Oh, BTW I am alternating between serious and silly messages with you, but I need to correct this portion of one of the serious messages: "I am not even an infectious disease person, and even I know that there will be different protocols for different people."

Should be

"I am not even an infectious disease person, and even I know that there will be different protocols for different THEATERS."

[Black Agnes]

So the ‘theater’ of an infectious ebola ward full of symptomatic patients doing what symptomatic patients do with this disease is somehow different if it’s in the US vs. Africa?

Because ebola has a map and knows zipcodes?

Because symptomatic patients who puke, poop, faint, drool and otherwise expel ebola tainted fluids are somehow LESS dangerous and ONLY require ‘mask, gown and gloves’, but someone merely working with a vial of ebola in a lab somewhere is MUCH more at risk and justifies a BHL4 lab with a negative pressure suit.

Right?

[HandyDandy]

If may be so bold to try to squeeze in one more silly message:
Is a hypochondriac more prone to Ebola?
I remember when AIDS first showed up and it was said to be a a disease of the Three H’s (homosexuals, heroin users and hemophiliacs). I often thought that should be Four H’s - to include hypochondriacs.