Thanks CDC... nice to know the billions we throw away on you guys is for nothing...
The disease is not highly contagious. It is highly deadly, and moderately contagious in the final stages due to high concentrations in body fluids.
The first Ebola death, the guy died in his house with a number of family members caring for him, and a fair number of people visiting, and none of them caught Ebola. a couple nurses caught it from his last hours.