Ebola essentailly requires blood to blood contact. An open wound in contact with infected blood. It is a terrifying disease but not easily transmitted.
Airborn viruses are highly contagious. The common cold, influenza, and this Covid-19 bug. If one also has a high mortality rate you have a real problem.
“Mother Abigail”, the retired CDC scientist who once posted here, believed that a hybrid flu would the one disease capable of delivering a near-extinction event. This Covid virus is similar to flu. Not the crowd killer that Mother Abigail is expecting but it may be dangerous all the same. It’s certainly doing something ugly to China.
It is doing something ugly to China because China has the absolute worst hygiene requirements, it is a communist country with abhorrent medical facilities and treatment, they eat things that humans should NEVER put past their lips markets and restaurants are filthy no health standards AND they don’t give a damn about their citizens!!
[please see my latest posts- apparently it’s not just blood to blood contact according to the CDC in the link i posted- There are other studies that suggest what the CDC stated too-
There is evidence it’s not just in a person’s blood- it’s also in other bodily fluids like saliva, milk, etc- Here’s a vox article on it- in the article, they have several links to studies dun to show that it can live in other fluids- and spread apparently-
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/1/6878695/ebola-virus-outbreak-symptoms
Also in africa- it’s not being spread solely by open wounds- which is why it slams areas and those working on infected patients-
Mostly it is through blood to blood contact- but it can also apparently spread through other bodily fluids and contact- a person touching a door knob or shopping cart handle where vomit, or sneeze material lands and then touches their eye can evidently spread it as the ebola transmits through the mucus membranes
here’s a WHO page also outlining how it could be possibly spread- they do make the case that some ways, such as sneezing, are ‘low risk’ however, it is still a risk-
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/06-october-2014/en/
Again though- while it’s way more low risk than coronovirus obviously- it’s still not something i wanna bet my life on when it’s so easily preventable by avoiding it altogether if possible-