You wrote: “It’s not that different from HIV in that respect”
I disagree strongly about that. As rojo pointed out, there are numerous orifices involving muccus membranes as routes of transmission.
For HIV, (or anything else) blood, semen or vaginal fluids quite simply just aren’t that pervasive. You normally aren’t encountering them in copious amounts (barring surgery) and they’re usually from rather specific locations in the body. Plus, blood gives you a visual clue so you’re more likely to thoroughly wash either stationary surfaces or you’re own hands rather quickly before touching eyes, mouth etc.
This virus is vastly different because HIV is not transmitted through casual contact whereas Ebola certainly is.
People aren’t normally bleeding from ever body pore but they certainly can be sweating from every pore, especially in African climates.
And if one is dealing with an infected Ebola victim who has not yet shown symptoms, it’s not at all difficult to get significant amounts of their sweat on you or your clothing. From there to wiping your eyes, nose, mouth is certainly a common enough gesture.
Ebola is as easily caught as a cold. HIV requires some work. Ebola CAN BE transmitted through everyday casual contact (even a handshake): HIV CANNOT.
There is a vast difference between the two in every way possible.
After reading the info on the CDC site, I’m not at all surprised that healthcare workers are becoming infected. As a matter of fact, I’m surprised there aren’t more of them.