Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia:
And culture. In a West Africa, it is common to touch or handle the body of the decreased during funerals. In rural areas, neighboring villages often send representatives to attend funerals. Hospitals are generally not trusted, and family members try to care for the ill themselves. Of course poverty and lack of education go hand in hand with poor sanitation.
(Anthropology nerd)
I think this is the PRIME source of transmission and they were able to trace it back to Patient Zero through this. This is what cause the vast spread in this current outbreak. They came in from other villages to touch the dead body and then take it back to their village and then the same thing happens over and over. It's scary but I honestly believe the U.S. could maintain better control of this than Africa could/can.