*sigh* It is highly unlikely that you will get Ebola from someone who is in the contagious stage sneezing or coughing on you. The virus is not airborne :-\ Its very rare to transmit Ebola through coughing or sneezing. The virus isnt airborne, thankfully, and experts expect that it will never become airborne because viruses dont change the way they are transmitted. Still, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered this cautionary note: If a symptomatic patient with Ebola coughs or sneezes on someone, and saliva or mucus come into contact with that persons eyes, nose or mouth, these fluids may transmit the disease. This happens rarely and usually only affects health workers or those caring for the sick. So the possibility of transmission on a plane by coughing or sneezing exists — but it is small. It would have to go something like this: An Ebola patient would have to cough on the hand of the person sitting next to them, releasing some amount of mucus or saliva. The person being coughed on would then have to (say) rub his or her eye with that hand, allowing the disease into the body.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:45:32 +0000
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