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Is not a sneeze a cloud of tiny moisture (fluid) droplets possibly teeming w/ebola virus? if not, why can't i spit?
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Ebola Virus.: Yes - you are correct. However, a person would need to be actively ill with a fever for that droplet to be infectious. Ebola is not an airborne virus btwn humans per the World Health Organization: “What we know about transmission of the Ebola virus among humans”. However, WHO indicated it might be transmitted “when virus-laden heavy droplets are directly propelled, by coughing or sneezing (which
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