Which is how we get sick people. That’s the real difference between level 2 biohazard procedures and level 4. Level 4 is a lot more forgiving than 2, you’ve got layers of protection, one mistake might not make it all the way through to.
But the MSF has lost people. One of the big things that holds down the people they lose is experience. These people go out to deal with multiple outbreaks of multiple things, they’re used to the protocols, they’re used to how to make the protocols work in the bush.
That’s not the best we can do. That’s the best we can do on short notice lacking the preferred equipment.
And yet with all that, 1 person. Really, stop panicking.
MSF has lost people. Not NEARLY as many as the other NGO’s treating the patients though. This outbreak is the first time, btw, that they have lost their own people to ebola infection.
They certainly didn’t lose anyone with the VERY FIRST CASE they treated.
And, for visual sake, let’s look at the difference in the gear:
US hospitals:
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/10/us_hospitals_ready_to_treat_eb.html
No decon shower before disrobing the PPE in the US.
MSF workers:
http://pulse.ng/news/disturbing-we-are-losing-battle-against-ebola-msf-reveals-id3101869.html
MSF gives a thorough washdown withe bleach solution prior to taking off the PPE.
Why is it, you haven’t explained yet, possible for an NGO to provide BETTER PPE and decon in the bush in the THIRD WORLD than WE are willing to provide OUR healthcare workers in the best healthcare system in the world?