For some reason a number of people on this thread donot understand that Ebola can be transmitted via saliva.
When an infection does occur in humans, the virus can be spread in several ways to others. Ebola is spread through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with
blood or body fluids (including but not limited to urine, saliva, feces, vomit, and semen) of a person who is sick with Ebola.
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/transmission/
Droplet precautions are three feet.