I don’t know if they have dealt with the issue on any of their news broadcasts, but on Friday Fox News put up an interesting article explaining in detail the methods by which the Ebola virus may be transmitted between humans.  Among the salient points:

• People who are infected with Ebola are not contagious until they become ill.
• Initial symptoms of Ebola include fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat.
• Ebola is transmitted only through direct contact with bodily fluids from a person who has exhibited symptoms.
• What is “direct contact”?  Direct contact occurs when bodily fluids— such as blood, saliva, mucus, vomit, urine or feces— from an infected person, dead or alive, have touched another person’s eyes, nose, mouth or an open cut, wound or abrasion.
• The disease is not spread by water or directly by food, nor is it transmitted by air like respiratory illnesses such as measles and chickenpox.  Coughing and sneezing aren’t common symptoms of Ebola, but if a symptomatic patient coughs or sneezes, and the saliva or mucous comes in contact with another person’s eyes, nose or mouth, these fluids may transmit the disease.
• When someone recovers from Ebola, they can no longer spread that specific species of the virus.  People who recover from Ebola develop antibodies that last for at least 10 years.  Nonetheless, Ebola has been found in semen for up to three months after the person recovers.
• Ebola can live outside of the body — on surfaces like countertops or doorknobs, for example — for several hours.

The complete article is HERE.