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Marrah_G

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2. The good thing is that it is not an airborne disease

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 05:06 PM

Apr 2014

You have to have close contact with someone who is already showing signs of the disease. This is why the breakouts tend to be in small villages where they care for their own sick or in hospitals where proper procedures are not followed due to lack of education or supplies.

If it ever went airborne like the Reston form did in monkeys in Virginia, that would make it scary.

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Mali suspects first Ebola cases as regional death toll tops 90 [View all] FarCenter Apr 2014 OP

It's actually rare for Ebola to spread so far KamaAina Apr 2014 #1

The good thing is that it is not an airborne disease Marrah_G Apr 2014 #2