re: NBC freelance cameraman in Liberia tests positive for Ebola - flying back to USA

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At this point, I'm pretty skeptical on the "contact with bodily fluids" is the only way to catch Ebola theory. I mean, if you go to Liberia to cover the Ebola outbreak, I'd think hygiene and avoiding any sort of bodily fluids would be pretty high on the priority list

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That is how the disease is spread. I think all of the aid workers and others that have gotten it are down there experiencing the dark side

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People win the lottery every week!

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And people with Meningococcal meningitis are successfully quarantined without spreading the bug every week, too.

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At this point, I'm pretty skeptical on the "contact with bodily fluids" is the only way to catch Ebola theory.

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(CNN) - Today, the Ebola virus spreads only through direct contact with bodily fluids, such as blood and vomit. But some of the nation's top infectious disease experts worry that this deadly virus could mutate and be transmitted just by a cough or a sneeze.

"It's the single greatest concern I've ever had in my 40-year public health career," said Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "I can't imagine anything in my career -- and this includes HIV -- that would be more devastating to the world than a respiratory transmissible Ebola virus."

Osterholm and other experts couldn't think of another virus that has made the transition from non-airborne to airborne in humans. They say the chances are relatively small that Ebola will make that jump. But as the virus spreads, they warned, the likelihood increases.

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