This is what the World Health Organization says about the transmission of Ebola http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/
"Ebola then spreads through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and with surfaces and materials (e.g. bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids." (Emphasis added).
That is a little broader than CDC's "objects (like needles and syringes)..." It definitely is broader: "surfaces and materials" is broader than "objects." "Objects" can be "materials" but "materials don't necessarily have to be objects,"materials" can include "e.g. bedding, clothing" which are not "objects." And surfaces, per WHO. Why would there be ANY light between WHO and CDC on this?
The most important thing here though it seems to me is the AGREEMENT between WHO and CDC that a body opening is required for transmission. There is nothing here that makes the Dallas nurse's Ebola more understandable. As I read both of them, you cannot get Ebola by touching something or someone contaminated with Ebola. In that scenario you would have to have broken skin on your hand. Right? Pores don't count, right? Don't tell me pores count as body openings. If pores count as body openings I will break somebody's skin.
The most important thing here though it seems to me is the AGREEMENT between WHO and CDC that a body opening is required for transmission. There is nothing here that makes the Dallas nurse's Ebola more understandable. As I read both of them, you cannot get Ebola by touching something or someone contaminated with Ebola. In that scenario you would have to have broken skin on your hand. Right? Pores don't count, right? Don't tell me pores count as body openings. If pores count as body openings I will break somebody's skin.
