Protecting and testing-more to be learned from Ebola

As covered in The BMJ ,1 problems with both supply chain and policy are hampering the response to the covid-19 pandemic. Unavailability of resources is partially understandable given the massive worldwide demand for personal protective equipment and testing materials. But against the background of our current “firefighting” mode, we seem to be ignoring past lessons in virus testing that could reduce risk to healthcare workers and increase the number of samples …