Medical experts have warned that the notion that Ebola is not
spread through air is misleading. They warned that the possibility of the
deadly disease being spread through air could not be ruled out as Ebola
continues to ravage West Africa and some other parts of the world
According to virus expert Charles L. Bailey, who in 1989
helped the American government tackle an outbreak of Ebola among rhesus monkeys
being used for research, told the LA Times:
“We know for a fact that the virus occurs in sputum and no
one has ever done a study [disproving that] coughing or sneezing is a viable
means of transmitting.