Should we be worried about ebola becoming airborne? (University of Sydney)

(Source: University of Sydney) Should we be worried about ebola becoming airborne? By Professor Dominic Dwyer, Clinical Professor, University of Sydney Western Clinical School 14 October 2014 Suggestions the Ebola virus could "mutate" into a form that is transmissible by the respiratory route are speculative, and the likelihood of it happening are low. Nonetheless, the idea appears to have captured public attention to the extent that the World Health Organization recently made public statements about there being no threat the virus was airborne. The current Ebola virus outbreak shows a similar pattern of spread and disease as past such outbreaks, but its emergence in previously...