wow. that just goes in the face of reason. they are covering for someone or trying to quell panic
from the CDC... last week (they may be changing their story)
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1. ebola is spread thru contact with infected tissues/surfaces
2. ebola is spread thru direct contact with infected blood
3. ebola is spread thru close proximity to an infected person (3 feet)
4. ebola is spread thru prolonged exposure to infected air
#4 would be exactly like an airplane
someone wants to spread this
5. Ebola is spread when an infected patient is introduced to a new area and crashes and bleeds out all over the people there.
Even if there were no risk to their fellow travelers on the actual airplane flight that got them there.
Untrue.
All plagues have basically the same history. Right now, we are in the beginning of the population movement phase (this always happens as people start to run).
The erection of a physical barrier to movement (a "cordon sanitaire") is always delayed, because a) the news about the hot zone is delayed, b) people are slow to believe, and c) the cordon consigns the uninfected within it to a horrible death they might otherwise avoid.
The guilt sickness that is killing the whites is making all this worse, of course, but the basic outline would happen in any case - because it always has.
#3 would be closer to the situation in an airplane. Ebola is not spread through aerosols, but through direct contacts with infected bodily fluids. These fluids can be disseminated through droplets, which have a limited range.
The other danger on a plane is contamination of the lavatory by fluids of an Ebola victim who splashes vomit or diarrhea. The next passengers or cleaning crew could be exposed through contact with the droplets.
A person who has been exposed to Ebola but is not yet symptomatic is not contagious.