Ebola Outbreak

[Caryn Swensen]

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> From: dbach at julian.uwo.ca (Ben)
> Subject: Re: Ebola, _POSSIBLE_ international outbreak
> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 12:13:49 LOCAL
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> In article <3p3po1$o07 at nntp3.u.washington.edu> aurelia at u.washington.edu (A. M. Lotto) writes:
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> 
> >  Just because they travelled on a
> >commercial flight does not mean(even if they are infected) that anyone
> >else will get it.
> 
> Statements on this group say that the Ebola was Aerosol propelled (i.e
> coughing can spread it) so that means that there is a fair chance that it
> would be spread on a plane.   For the same reason there is a good chance they
> were infected.
> 
>                 -DB
> 

 I thought Ebola was NOT airborne?! Remember, DO NOT confuse the
movie "Outbreak" with the real thing...too many people are drawing
parallels that should not be drawn. The virus in the MOVIE was
airborne, but ebola is spread (as far as everyone knows now)
by bodily fluids.

Caryn.