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Neither is the CDC, America's Privatized Health Care System, the American Domestic Flights System or anything else with the exception of workers at Emory Hospital in Nebraska right now.
This is a OUTBREAK. Folks need to get their head out of the sandbox, stop with the Politics Game of "It's His or Her Fault" and realize this is ALL OF OUR FAULT to failing to care about this growing outbreak in West African countries until it hit our backyard -- where we are wholly UNPREPARED to deal with it.
The Virus has MUTATED. It is known and we are not being told the truth. Plain and simple. 
“I suspect it may have become more transmissible,” said Ira Longini, a biostatistician at the University of Florida, who cited recent cases among health workers who thought they were taking careful precautions. The Dallas health worker case announced today “does raise a red flag, but you can’t prove anything from it,” he said.
Longini is studying the probability that the secondary infection rate -- or how many fellow household members get the disease from an infected person -- is higher in the current outbreak than it has been in the past. A greater number of secondary infections per case could indicate that the virus has become more transmissible, he said.
The Ebola virus circulating in West Africa is already different from previous strains. While scientists don’t fully understand what the changes mean, some are concerned that alterations in the virus that occur as that pathogen continues to evolve could pose new dangers.
Researchers have identified more than 300 new viral mutations in the latest strain of Ebola, according to research published in the journal Science last month. They are rushing to investigate if this strain of the disease produces higher virus levels -- which could increase its infectiousness.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-15/ebola-outbreak-boosts-odds-of-mutation-helping-it-spread.html
Mind you, of course the virus as with ANY VIRUS that has been around for over 30 years (since 1976) has MUTATED over the course of time. Now, can we remove heads out of the sandbox about Ebola and its' dangers?
Why is a Bio-Statistician affirming the likelihood the virus has mutated is HIGH and are you a Bio-Statistician or just a internet poster acting as if they have a Ph.D for the knowledge base resource necessary to question a Bio-Statistician?
Waiting on this beautiful bean footage response....
The same rude poster told at least three people goodbye when they did not agree with him/her, just this afternoon. In my case, included with the farewell was this, "ymmv," which *could* mean "you marvelous model of valor" but I doubt it. 
anonymous chatter and insults as I am being offered. I'm comfortable.
douchebag <- we will see
I bet a thousand bucks you won't be getting your hands dirty when the real work starts. Will be in-vis-i-bull or in the way if and when you do show up. Met lots like that. 
bye
On edit: Just a thought. Spend time reading about it, you won't be so...whatever you are.
Who is providing the links of information. That would be moi....
Meanwhile, maybe instead of knocking the science and proof actual reading for the fainthearted would be a fundamental skill...
Unless of course, to do so would back up a verification of the facts as presented, thus far.
Have a wonderful afternoon, evening and lifetime in the sandbox...
WTHeck is this? 
What was your "quod erat demostrandum"? That we don't have to worry about Ebola because it isn't airborne? So I guess AIDS is not a worry, either?
"The virus can survive for several hours on surfaces, so any object contaminated with bodily fluids may spread the disease. According to the C.D.C., the virus can survive for a few hours on dry surfaces like doorknobs and countertops and can survive for several days in puddles or other collections of body fluid. Bleach solutions can kill it.
In the current outbreak, most new cases are occurring among people who have been taking care of sick relatives or who have prepared an infected body for burial. Health care workers are at high risk.
More than 8,000 people in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone have contracted Ebola since March, according to the World Health Organization, making this the biggest outbreak on record. More than 3,800 people have died.
The disease continues to spread in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The C.D.C. said on Sept. 30 that Nigeria appears to have contained its outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report in September that outlined a worst-case scenario, in which the total number of cases could reach 1.4 million in four months. The C.D.C.’s model is based on data from August and includes cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone, but not Guinea (where counts have been unreliable). It also projects further into the future and adds ranges to account for underreporting of cases."
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/31/world/africa/ebola-virus-outbreak-qa.html?_r=0
Yep, it can survive for HOURS surfaces yet is not a mutated or airborne virus because preparing for what could be to come is like crying wolf to some. Feel free to keep playing in the sandbox....
Thanks for the update. Sounds like we are all going to die, and there is really no hope. 
The poll turned up one oddity: Those who claim to be following the outbreak the most closely also have the most inaccurate information about it.
For example, people who are paying a lot of attention to Ebola are twice as likely to hold the erroneous belief there is effective medicine to treat it. They are also more likely to believe it is spread easily, even though the deadly fever is less contagious than the flu, said Redlawsk.
"Ebola is particularly scary, with no cure and a high death rate," said Redlawsk. "Believing it is easily spread feeds this fear," he said.
"The tone of the coverage seems to be increasing fear while not improving understanding," he said.
In general, women respondents were more likely to hold misconceptions about Ebola, with 73 percent believing it is easily spread, compared to 60 percent of men. Respondents under the age of 30 are also more likely to see the fever as highly contagious.
http://www.nj.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2014/10/ebola_poll_nj_fears_an_outbreak_here.html
