The infection of two Texas nurses who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian patient with Ebola, has exposed serious holes in the preparedness of US hospitals to treat the virus.
The CDC still does not know how the latest Ebola patient contracted the virus, but it is clear that even extremely minor oversights while following hospital protocols can increase the risk of getting Ebola.
To illustrate how easy it is to spread Ebola from patient to worker, CNN's Sanjay Gupta
demonstrated in a video how a worker would generally suit up and then remove his or her protective gear when following the CDC's guidelines. Gupta uses chocolate sauce to represent Ebola.
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