If Ebola were to be classified as truly “airborne”, in the commonly used definition of an “airborne pathogen”, there would be MILLIONS already infected with %50 to %70 already dead.
It is not outside of the realm of possibility that Ebola “COULD” become a truly “airborne” pathogen, but at this point in time, there is absolutely NO proof that it has become so, and the plain and simple fact of the matter is, look at the numbers of infected that have been in close proximity to those not infected and extrapolate the transmissions and you can easily deduct the reality that it is not currently an “airborne pathogen”.
This isn’t rocket science. Use of simple logic along with the observed facts that are currently known will get you to the simple conclusion that it is NOT currently an “airborne pathogen”.
True, of course.
In an indoor, single-room, high-risk situation, it could be said to be "effectively airborne".
However, what happens in a place of business with a bad return air system and a person, unknowingly with Ebola coughs profusely? Yes, before you know it, that pariculate will be throughout that business. The CDC explanation of not being airborne is really an oxymoron, in todays society, when everybody goes to Starbucks, daily. Remember, people are still, possibly contagious, even when symptoms are not present. I know that it, technically not airborne, but it may still be in the air until it hits the ground, chair, toilet, sink, counter, knob or decor.
well this is where “airborne” kinda is a gray area.
it’s airborne if enough wet/fluid material gets sprayed out in a cough or sneeze. But it’s not airborne like an aerosolized dry anthrax powder designed to be spread by air for maximum dispersal over a huge range, miles.
wet fluid has to get airborne somehow.
basically it spreads like a cold or flu. If someone with a cold or flu sneezes on you or near you, you could inhale some of that aerosolized fluid particles. or if that stuff then lands on a chart, or doorknob, etc, and you put your hand on it, you could pick it up that way.
but just being in a room with someone breathing but not ejecting fluid into the room, probably not considered “airborne” then.