Exactly. What happened in Reston if it can't possibly be transmitted by droplets? And how do health workers contract the disease wearing biohazard suits?
Think the academic "experts" might believe that it is their mission to keep the sheeple from panicking? So a few "white lies" are okay.
A little bit of panic might motivate the Obama administration to do more than they are doing -- which at this point effectively amounts to nothing. I don't believe that Ebola is terribly contagious, but it certainly deserves more of a containment effort than it's getting.
We should use some common sense and stop all flights out of the three west African nations that have huge Ebola problems. That would be a good start.