Why did the world shut down for COVID-19 but not Ebola, SARS Or Swine Flu? FiveThirtyEight explores:
, like blood, sweat, and urine, rather than through the kind of particles produced when someone sneezes or speaks. Unless you’re nursing patients or tending to their body after they’ve died, it’s unlikely you’d acquire the infection.
“If you want to see illnesses which are controllable, they all have transmission very much tied to symptoms, and this includes SARS and Ebola,” said William Hanage, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “If you’re in an Ebola zone, you can be pretty sure whether or not the person you’re talking to is a potentially risky contact.”
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