Where did you get that assumption from? The article says basically the exact opposite. Ebola doesnt spread through the air. An infected person would have to basically spit in your mouth for you to get it. The reason it spread so quickly in Africa is that they dont have access to the proper resources needed to contain and sterilize people, places, and objects infected with the virus. Here, not only do we have those resources, we have protocols in every hospital to do exactly that.
I'm not saying it's impossible, just that it remains unlikely.
Hello; The virus is much easier to pick up that an exchange of saliva, although that would work. Any body fluid can and likely will have the virus. Clothes, bedding and other surfaces can hold virus capable of infecting others and need to be disposed of properly.
Two prime examples. The male infected doctor now at the Emory facility in Atlanta was well aware of how the virus spread but picked up the virus somehow. I imagine he took the sort of precautions and followed basic protocols you are talking about.
A trained African healthcare worker became infected took the virus home and now he, his wife and children are all passed from ebola.
At least one study found that a strain of the virus passed from pigs to primates that were separated physically (no direct contact) in a building. I believe the researchers did not identify the exact method of transmission, but gave three educated guesses. While it seems the virus is not truly airborne it may be transmittable in aerosol conditions. Aerosol droplets can form during a sneeze, flushing a toilet and such. The virus may be able to survive longer in air on suspended water droplets. A main thing is that the virus was transmitted with no direct contact. I no longer have the link saved but found the report with a simple search.
Thanks, guys.
