Having read this...
I may have to rethink my position. I certainly agree that I’m not happy with the face mask exposed head etc of the CDC recommendation. If we DO have to go to respirators full hoods and tyvek body suits we have a problem. Just not enough of that stuff to go around, not practical for every ambulance run, ER visit etc etc with “possible ebola” symptoms. The only really practical answer here is the obvious one. If there’s no Ebola in the US we have no Ebola problem, that means a travel ban NOW.
I agree with the editorial. Right now we are relying on evaporation for HCW safety. IOW the theory that if a droplet is small enough to travel, then it will evaporate and the embedded Ebola viruses will die. But that is not good enough. We don’t have nearly enough data to make that conclusion.