People with Ebola pose little risk to public in US, experts say (cidrap.umn.edu)

• Ebola not airborne; transmission requires contact with bodily fluids of ill patients.
• Travel bans criticized as ineffective and politically motivated.
• Past US cases show low public transmission risk.

"Experts say the growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo poses little public health threat to the United States. Ebola is not airborne and only spreads through contact with bodily fluids of severely ill patients. The Trump administration's travel restrictions are criticized as politically motivated and scientifically unsound."