Ebola is certainly a horrible and frightening disease, but contracting it isn’t as easy as many people think.
Ebola is a horrible and frightening disease, but contracting it isn’t as easy as many people think.
Thankfully, it doesn’t transfer from person to person via the air. Rather, it spreads through direct and frequent contact with infected bodily fluids.
For a person to be an active carrier in Ebola's distribution, they must be exhibiting symptoms, which can take up to 21 days to develop.
Those include high fever, aches, vomiting, diarrhea, and inexplicable hemorrhaging.
For example, people traveling on a plane with a person who is not yet showing evidence of being infected are considered a low risk group.
If the person starts to show the classic signs of Ebola and then begins to vomit, spit, or sweat profusely on fellow passengers, it becomes a different story.
Those most likely to contract the Ebola virus from someone already infected are those who care for the victim, including healthcare workers, family, and friends.
People who handle the bodies of deceased sufferers are also at higher risk as the virus can continue to be active after death.
Authorities say that the chance of there being an Ebola outbreak in the US is slim.
