“As for being airborne, 30+ years of experience shows no sign of Ebola being airborne”
Wrong. Ebola Reston is indeed airborne.
Even that is not a certainty. Lab workers conjectured about other mechanisms besides propagation through HVAC ducts that could have explained the infections.
In between cages that were 20cm apart: http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00811/full/srep00811.html?message-global=remove&goback=.gde_4429892_member_187356406
There is no doubt droplets will get around the current protection, a face shield that is not sealed. That is essentially what the editorial says.