I wish Doctors without borders or WHO would give a total number of health care workers who have

[diabeticman]

worked in the Ebola areas. YES, I know the talking point is that 400 healthcare workers in the effected areas have gotten Ebola and 200 has unfortunately died.

BUT THOSE NUMBERS DO NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY! It does not tell about ALL the healthcare workers who have worker there and never got ebola.

If all these facts are given I bet we would see a more detail understanding of how ebola is spread.

[seveneyes]

1. What is the acceptable percentage of infected health care workers?

[diabeticman]

2. I know it didn't sounf right. But what I wanted to say or get across that the numbers show a

small percentage.

[morningfog]

3. As long as they are only able to treat the end stages in West Africa, health workers will keep

getting infected, sadly.

[B2G]

4. I found this

"MSF, the first humanitarian organization to recognize the epidemic, has been waiting for help to come since March. According to a spokesperson, the organization employs 270 international and around 3,018 locally hired staff in the three affected countries: Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/23/why-new-york-s-ebola-case-will-hurt-infected-patients-everywhere.html

[LeftInTX]

5. That article should be its own thread.

[B2G]

7. Can do.

It was pretty interesting.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. it would help more if people were not so dramatic and self absorbed.

we like to think we are living on the edge of danger, meanwhile the biggest danger to us is second helpings that eventually lead to a heart attack.