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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have been studying this: 
The viral load from Ebola varies significantly at different stages of the disease. At first, it is relatively low. then towards the end, when the patient is emitting fluids it rises up into the billions --far far more than other diseases. So that is why health care workers are so much more at risk.[/quote]

Therefore, would you shake hands (you have NO cuts on  your hands) with someone who has ebola and at this point, isn't feeling too well-- fatigued and a temperature of 100? When do we need them off the street? When do docs need to get on the hazmat suits? [/quote]

The healthcare workers that saw Duncan during his first ER visit did not get ebola. The EMS workers who transported Duncan to the hospital were not infected, but they weren't wearing hazmat suits. When the virus replication has gone way out of control and is pouring out of someone's body (blood, vomit, diarhhea), the people around them are at high risk. [/quote]

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