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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to be in contact with body fluids in order to catch it.  The medical professionals dealing with the outbreak get exhausted and let their guard down and are exposed to this very messy disease that way.  Imagine a scenario where they wear the biohazard suits all day but slip up when they take it off and touch the outside of the suit with bare hands, etc.

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I read somewhere (can't remember where because I have been reading a ton about it since it first started as I have a friend who is a medical worker on Sierra Leone right now) that that is how they think they were exposed to it.  Likely in the decontamination area set up and they touched something that had been in contact with a patient.

That said, I do think it is a bit scary how easily it could travel because people could be exposed to it, travel to another country, and then come down with the symptoms.  That mans family is on a 21 day fever watch in case they begin to show symptoms.  Must be terrifying for them.

An epidemic in the us is unlikely because of the access to medical care we have here.  Early detection is key in preventing the disease from becoming fatal, and hospitals here are equipped and knowledgable about how to deal with serious infectious diseases.  Not so much in developing countries.  Between unsanitary conditions, lack of adequate medical care and space to harbor those who are infected, plus general lack of knowledge by the people who live there on how to deal with the sick and dead, have all led to the widespread epidemic there.  I don't think you'd see the same spread in a developing country.  [/quote]

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