Ebola Researcher: Disease Could Go Airborne at Any Moment

The New American
October 17, 2014
Ebola Researcher: Disease Could Go Airborne at Any Moment
Ebola transmitted as easily as the common flu, in an airborne fashion? This could become a reality as the Ebola epidemic continues, says a Purdue University researcher who has been studying the disease for 15 years.
In a pair of Fox News interviews, professor of biological science Dr. David Sanders pointed out that while there’s no evidence of true “airborne Ebola” at this time, it conceivably is just one viral mutation away. On the Monday edition of The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, Dr. Sanders “explained that a very closely related virus is known to spread among animals via the air,” writes Fox News Insider blog. The site continues:
Sanders also pointed to the way in which the virus enters the body. 

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