*Hardish to catch* does not equate with *contagious as all get out*.
Which is it? Everything I've heard is that it is highly contagious and easy to catch. It needs just a small contact with a drop of bodily fluids from an infected person, from days before to up to three weeks after showing symptoms.
That's a HUGE time frame for being contagious for a virus.
Nah - it’s an odd thing about these types of viruses.
They are really hard to catch. But once they latch on to a human host, they get nasty, really fast.
No idea - no one does really. Is it they get habituated to humans while breeding and set up a preference? Seems most likely, but no one has really bothered studying it. In theory, it would be an interesting study. In practice - well most people would call it a war crime. So would I.
It might save lives in the long run - but could you look at yourself in the mirror every morning? People are far better and kinder than you see on the media.