Posted on 10/12/2014 12:43:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
World Heath Organization (WHO) and other health officials debunked the news that the Ebola virus can be acquired through air.
Abc.net posted WHO's explanation about the virus alongside an extensive list of ways one can acquire the disease.
"Airborne spread among humans implies inhalation of an infectious dose of virus from a suspended cloud of small dried droplets," it says. "This mode of transmission has not been observed during extensive studies of the Ebola virus over several decades."
Furthermore, Dr. Edward Goodman of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas guaranteed that the virus is in no way airborne.
"Ebola is not transmitted by the air. It is not an airborne infection," he said....
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