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I read in an article that the founder doctor of ebola said that it transmits via the air. why is that hidden from people by media and governments?

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Well: Typically the virus spreads by contact with secretions, blood, bodily fluid. It is not airborne unless it is sprayed or thrown into the air. I don't think it is being hidden by the media, but again what would be the agenda for hiding this ?

Dr Friedlander and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/11/2014

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