I'm not a medical examiner, or medical professional. It shows how the experiment was done. The pigs were infected.....Monkeys were placed in the cages. The monkeys contracted the disease, and then they did the autopsies on the pigs and Monkeys showing where the Ebola had spread and gave percentages of damaged organs due to the virus.
In the other article, it stated that they put Monkeys in the cages and monkeys infected with the virus in similar surroundings without the same results as used on pigs.
The pigs snort and they say have a better capability to blow out the heavy droplets than other animals.....namely the monkeys.
But it does show that a sneeze of an infected person could spread it.
Why do I believe this...........Anyone who hasn't ever had a POWER SNEEZE where you sneezed so hard that you splattered out as a result of the sneeze, I would consider unworthy of the truth. And I'd think if someone sneezed that blew out onto anything........chair...armrest with the disease could infect anyone touching that surface.
Is it common for people with Ebola to sneeze? Like it would be common for a person with a cold or the flu to sneeze...I'm not certain that is the case with people infected with Ebola?
Also, passing the disease through being close to a pig that snorts out the bodily fluids or close to a human with the disease that sneezes out fluids, does not mean it is an airborne passing disease, right?
And how long does the virus live on a surface? 1 day? 1 hour? two weeks? 6 months, before dying?
What kills it on surfaces? Bleach? Vinegar?
Do you truly believe the nurse in France wasn't all suited up, when she saw the known patient with ebola, or did she catch it, before the patient was identified as having it???
Letting the virus spread in those countries in Africa with the bulk of the cases, is MORE of a threat to us than you seem to give consideration...
we could stop flights from Africa, but we would also need to stop all the cargo ships from there entering our ports, and we would need to stop all airlines from coming to the USA, all ships, all trains from across the border, because who is to say some one like that nurse in France couldn't come here to the USA.... other countries obviously already have a case or two, just like the usa, and if in the USA it could rapidly spread then in France and all countries in the world, it could spread as well....
basically, stopping travel from just those countries is not a guaranteed protection for us....and doesn't help with getting the aid to these sick people over there....
WE need to focus on the experimental cure drug and in finding a vaccine....that is our best bet in surviving or rather nipping in the bud, a possible worldwide epidemic....imo.