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Previously, the Centers for Disease Control ("CDC") said you could only catch Ebola from direct contact with someone infected with the virus.

Now, the CDC has quietly admitted that Ebola can be spread by droplets and contact with surfaces touched by Ebola patients. Droplets aren't the same as airborne transmission: someone would have to be close to you and sneeze or cough rather than simply breathe. However, considering that there would be a window between the time someone has symptoms and they realize they might be suffering from Ebola, coughing in a heavily-populated area could spread the virus to many people.

The CDC admission is on their poster embedded below. The relevant section says:

Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose, or mouth of another person. Droplets travel short distances, less than 3 feet (1 meter) from one person to another.

A person might also get infected by touching a surface or object that has germs on it and then touching their mouth or nose.

Droplet spread diseases include: plague, Ebola

Want to do something about this? Demand that all those media sources who assured us that we only needed direct contact to catch Ebola update their reports. Make sure to note that you're talking about via droplets, as distinct from airborne transmission as with the flu.

11/1/14 UPDATE: From this:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed a warning from its website that Ebola can, in rare cases, spread from person through coughing and sneezing.

It has replaced the old language with new guidance that says there's 'no evidence' Ebola is spread through either.

According to the New York Post, the CDC also took down on Thursday a poster that said that Ebola can be transferred through 'droplets' from coughing or sneezing that land on hard surfaces, like doorknobs...