“That was then, this is now.”
Yes. I’ve read about this particular Ebola from the start and that’s what happened. A man left the more jungle area and went to a town fairly far from the original area to where his family lived. He got sick and he and the whole family died and those working in that hospital where he was, started dying and that was the beginning of quarantine trying to stop it. It hasn’t been stopped. Now, with a person being able to carry it for 20 days before it develops, that person can travel anywhere and start infecting people “by touch” when the fever starts. It said it travels by “touch”, not just blood products although that would certainly do it, too, as well as any other bodily fluid.
I am not concerned about myself since I can shut the door and live for a very long time without needing anything from the outside world. It is others who would still be moving around who need to know about this possibility. A possibility is just that - it may or may not happen. I prefer to have life insurance by storing what I need, so I have. I certainly hope it’s not in Italy but I did notify my son in London and now he knows to be watchful for their country.
There is not a lot of evidence that ebola virus transmits easily (e.g. by touch) because certain primate populations would all be dead (while others carry but are immune). However, is possible that it spreads through insect bites. You may be correct about other bodily fluids, but from the little bit I have read, that transmission path appears to be difficult, the virus dies easily.