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Virus does not "pour out" of Ebola patients. It is contained within bodily fluids, and in order to get Ebola, one must have close contact with the patient or with the infected fluids. This means that Ebola is not very contagious. It is, however, highly infective since only a few viral particles are capable of causing clinical disease.

But again you're completely missing the point. It's highly virulent AND has an extremely high death rate. That's why people are concerned. It's a very dangerous disease.

Did you ever read the Hot Zone yet? I'm pretty sure it's been linked multiple times.

The body fluids "pour out" of Ebola victims and all of these body fluids are heavily virus laden. Sweat, puke, diarrhea, vomit, snot and blood all exit the body in copious amounts and leave the virus wherever they touch.
But again you're completely missing the point. It's highly virulent AND has an extremely high death rate. That's why people are concerned. It's a very dangerous disease.

Did you ever read the Hot Zone yet? I'm pretty sure it's been linked multiple times.

Contaminated bodily fluids being expelled by the body is not the same as virus "pouring out" of the body.

Keep in mind, I am a scientist, and my mind is extremely literal. I also insist on absolute precision of expression.

No, I have not read the Hot Zone, nor do I plan to. Sensationalist books like that annoy me greatly. I restrict my Ebola reading to the many scientific journal articles on the subject, and I also watch documentaries about it. I prefer to keep things real.