[cherry]

why are health workers getting sick?....drs btw don't normally draw blood, maybe they do in Africa....did they stick themselves with a dirty needle?...here in the US, its lab techs unless the pt has a central line, then the nurse will draw....

I just think this has got to be by droplet/airborne contact....

[WeatherGuy]

why are health workers getting sick?....drs btw don't normally draw blood, maybe they do in Africa....did they stick themselves with a dirty needle?..

Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever. Hemorrhagic, meaning bleeding - from everywhere...eyes, ears, mouth, skin, everywhere. Also includes explosive diarrhea and vomiting. The doctors are knee-deep in infected bodily fluids.

[Jack Hydrazine]

It might be airborne within confined spaces. From what I have read the CDC recommends the N95 mask for anyone working with Ebola patients. It filters down to 0.3 microns, but the virus is about 0.08 micron in diameter.