You say drying kills it, well will freezing kill it?
If so, then will near freezing temps kill it? The site says USAMRIID`s answer is no.
It changes the equation due to the simple fact that at 50 F, that droplet will not dry out as fast.
And I`ve read that drying onto a glass surface will not kill Ebola, that it can survive up to 50 days on a protected glass substrate.
Will the colder days increase that viability? We need to know as we Northerners do deal with cold temps.
Freezing preserves it.