Michael T. Osterholm, the author of the article, is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
I would say he knows what he's talking about.
The full text of that thought is "The current Ebola virus’s hyper-evolution is unprecedented; there has been more human-to-human transmission in the past four months than most likely occurred in the last 500 to 1,000 years. Each new infection represents trillions of throws of the genetic dice."
This is absolutely true.
“hyper-evolution” DOES NOT EQUAL transmission. It could be more properly equated to rapid genetic change. There has not been; the rate of change has been relatively constant and similar to other virus species.
Flu season is just about to ramp up
It may be interesting when someone who has the flu also gets ebola- maybe truly a virus marriage made in hell
I think the scariest thing will be when someone infected flies international and infects people on the aircraft (by air or by using lavatory or just touching the seats trays etc) who then transfer to other international flights- exponential spread