Drops of bodily fluid can be airborne. The news media is playing us for fools.
WHY EBOLA IS VERY UNLIKELY TO GO AIRBOURNE
http://www.vox.com/2014/9/19/6543157/ebola-is-unlikely-to-go-airborne
I think it is very important for those of us who pride ourselves in being CONSERVATIVE to read carefully about this disease and not be swayed by hysteria that is caused by ignorance and disinformation or yellow journalism (old fashioned term for media hype).
This blog explains very clearly why Ebola is not a disease that is spread through the air - and why is won’t mutate into something like influenza which is spread by sneezing, coughing, etc.
There was some condescending twit from Emory hospital on the radio yesterday saying that you couldn’t get ebola unless you came into contact with vomit, feces, blood etc. from an infected person. The news weasel interviewing him failed to challenge his lie as if sick people don’t ever touch things and leave traces of their fluids behind. And as if diseases aren’t transmitted by things like elevator buttons and door knobs.
In early August the CDC issued guidance to airlines about how to handle a passenger who might be infected with Ebola.
One of their “suggestions” was:
Providing the sick passenger with a surgical mask, if possible, to reduce the emission of bodily fluids into the air.
AKA was preventing the spread of the illness through expelled bodily fluids found in coughs and sneezes. If this isn’t the spread of Ebola through the air, I don’t know what is.
All that is going on is an argument over details - not denying the actual facts.