.....At a hastily convened news conference in Geneva, where the health organization is based, Isabelle Nuttall, its director of global responses, repeated earlier advice that “air travel even from Ebola-affected countries is low-risk for Ebola transmission.”
Moreover, she said, the risk was low even for countries or airports that have high volumes of air travel to nations affected by the epidemic.
Ms. Nuttall confirmed that airports in the affected countries were already screening travelers for any signs of fever or other symptoms. She emphasized that unlike influenza or tuberculosis, Ebola is not spread by airborne transmission of germs, only by contact with the bodily fluids of someone who is contagious.
“A person who has no sign of the disease is not contagious, is not transmitting the disease to others,” she said.
.... In another Twitter message meant to dispel any misunderstandings about contagion by air travel, the W.H.O. said, “The chance of having someone who is sick with Ebola getting in a plane is small.”....
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I can see I need to call bull shit on many recent statements..
