Ebola is less contagious than the flu. Fact.

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6. Good luck, I keep trying to point out

that it's not efficiently spread by aerosolized droplet the way flu is.

It's not spread by contact with surfaces that have been exposed to sunlight or UV light.

There is no clearly documented case of having it spread by sweat or saliva, although virus is present in both.

Of major concern is that it can be an STD a month after a man has recovered, infecting his partner(s). Women shed live virus in breast milk for about the same period of time.

Contact has to be made with fresh secretions to either broken skin or mucus membranes.

If you're seated next to an ill and groaning person who says he is coming from west Africa, refrain from touching anywhere near your face, no matter how much it itches. When you land, wash your hands thoroughly. Go home and shower, clothing into the washing machine. Also, report the person on your way off the plane so that public health can take a look at him.

Only one case was transmitted from a plane passenger in Nigeria to an airline worker who had to carry the infected passenger off the plane since he had gotten so ill during the flight. None of the passengers, not even the seatmates, have gotten ill.

This is not an easy virus to catch.