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I’m not going to live my life in dreadful fear of something that’s not widespread. I’m not saying it couldn’t be, but I also don’t live in a major population center where it could spread over the course of a few days. I’m not deliberately spreading misinformation, this is information I’ve gleaned from different sources.

You mentioned infected animals, and I pointed out in parts of Africa that these bodies are being consumed by local predators which are then exposing other animals or people. If they’re a food animal, then those consuming the animal are getting sick.

Same goes with inhaling sneezes or coughs. This is obviously direct exposure, same as it would be if a TB patient coughed on you.

Now the touching of items or skin of infected, that I’ve not read. Are you saying that the very oils of a person’s body, those left behind on doorknobs and bus seats, are contagious as well? I don’t think that’s the case. I’ve read blood, vaginal secretions, semen, sputum, CSF, urine, and feces are contagion carriers, but since most of us avoid those, I’m not too worried about it. Also, if your skin is intact, accidental, brief exposure to one of these fluids is not a death sentence.

What you’re proposing is that every excretion down to simple sweat touching a finger is going to infect you, and I’m dubious of that claim.

I agree and at this moment u have better odds of dieing by being stampeded by a derelict crowd of wild horses but consider this;

Ebola up until now has not been very efficient in mutating. There are theories as to why but one of the leading thoughts is that it just has had very little time to do so given it’s relative ease of eradication and or intervention.

This strain has presented a significant variant in that it has not been controllable and that seemingly best practice medicine has proven to be little barrier for the health professionals this time as their rate of infection is through the roof compared to previous strains.

So does EBOLA now have a chance to mutate into something much more sinister...perhaps even aerosol? Given the time now the strain has had and the various hosts its feasted upon...I think that question needs to be asked.

Same goes with inhaling sneezes or coughs. This is obviously direct exposure, same as it would be if a TB patient coughed on you.

How the hell is that not considered airborne then? Sounds VERY contagious to me especially in high population areas and close quarters like publiuc transportation in urban populations.