Yes Ebola is a particularly nasty virus. And yes, most who contract it die a very nasty death.
However, like Aids, Ebola can only be transmitted from person to person via an exchange of bodily fluids. But, and this is the big but, unlike Aids, Ebola has a very short incubation period, and as such the chances of contacting the virus vide normal social contact (including sexual contact) is remote in the extreme.
So what does that mean? In third world countries it is a problem because of a lack of front line, properly equipped medal staff to treat the patient. That is, due to a lack of medical services they are more often than not treated by family members, who don’t have any protective clothing and equipment to safely handle the patient, and as such, come into contact with contaminated bodily fluids (vomit, excrement). Here however when someone is suspected of being infected, they, and anyone who has come into contact with them are immediately isolated, with all medical staff being properly equipped with Hazmat suits.
The point, viruses such as Ebola only pose a credible risk in countries with first world medical services, if and when it becomes aerosol. But the virus has been around for centuries (if not longer) and that hasn’t happened yet, and in fact, is never likely to, unless someone gives it a push in the right direction - genetically engineered – but that is another topic entirely.
