That's not just a feeling. It's reality. They are all just winging it.
(If anyone shouldn't be contracting Ebola if there weren't huge unknowns, it's doctors and nurses, who are trained in infectious disease control.)
>>>"That's not just a feeling. It's reality. They are all just winging it"
I really think it's the non-linearity of this (nothing like most medical staff have seen in their experience) and the tremendous amount of uncertainty involved until a test result comes back. Even then, false negatives can be a problem in early tests.